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From: Terje Mathisen <terje.mathisen@tmsw.no>
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Subject: Re: Making Lemonade (Floating-point format changes)
Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 09:12:55 +0200
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MitchAlsup1 wrote:
> BGB wrote:
> 
>>
>> Errm, I was promoting the idea of cost-cut floating point, not blatantly
>>
>> broken floating point...
> 
> Would you promote the idea where the customer could specify whether his
> car had air bags and crash safety cell or not ??
> 
> Same point here.

We do have that in the form of having optional air bags: When we bought 
a Skoda Octavia many years ago, the head-protecting upper air bags were 
not required by law so we paid to get them as an option.

Terje

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