ANNOUNCE: fcmp: safer floating-point comparison

[Theodore C. Belding]

[This issue has come up a few times on this list. -Ted]

It is generally not wise to compare two floating-point values for exact
equality, for example using the C == operator. The fcmp package implements
Knuth's suggestions for safer floating-point comparison operators as a C
function.

The first public release, fcmp 1.0.1, is now available at
http://download.sourceforge.net/fcmp/fcmp-1.0.1.tar.gz 

The README file from the release is available online at:
ftp://fcmp.sourceforge.net/pub/fcmp/README-1.0.1.txt

The fcmp homepage is at:
http://fcmp.sourceforge.net/

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Ted Belding                              address@hidden 
University of Michigan Center for the Study of Complex Systems
Homepage: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~streak/
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