Re: Integer arithmetic vs double precision arithmetic

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Monday, 27 March 2006 02:33 samaye, Glynn Clements alekhiit:

> Floating-point is meant for the situation where you want a constant
> relative error rather than a constant absolute error. For timescales,
> a constant absolute error is usually more useful.

Could you clarify that a bit? How do you mean "constant relative error" as 
against "constant absolute error"?

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