Yo Eric! On Tue, 25 Apr 2017 18:21:49 -0400 "Eric S. Raymond" <e...@thyrsus.com> wrote:
> Gary E. Miller <g...@rellim.com>:
> > Yo Eric!
> >
> > On Tue, 25 Apr 2017 09:58:10 -0400
> > "Eric S. Raymond" <e...@thyrsus.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > The code in step_systime() is really really ugly. (to my
> > > > eye)
> > >
> > > Not just to yours...
> >
> > So, can we now got back to my better version? The one that had no
> > l_fp or pivot needs or dependencies?
>
> Not yet. We know that code stinks, but there is still thinking to be
> done before replacing it.
Rush? Thinking was already done, Hal was happier with the code than
what it is now. What about that code have I not explained clearly yet?
> There's no rush; we have more than a decade
> before the issue becomes urgent.
That code is causing loss of precision and jitter now. Reverting it
to what I had it will makes things better now, and in the future.
I want to kill all l_fp as much as possible before l_fp. Once you
agree that my approach is better there are many similar piece of code
that can be ripped out.
The more l_fp we can agree to remove the less l_fp we need to worry about
for 2036.
> Much more important to get this
> right than do it fast.
Yes, and everyone seems to think my code has it right, just waiting on you.
RGDS
GARY
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