The Great Debate @ARITH23: John Gustafson and William Kahan
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A 95-minute recorded debate at the ARITH23 computer arithmetic conference between John Gustafson, proponent of unums/posits, and William Kahan, architect of IEEE 754 floating point. They argue the merits of the new number formats versus conventional floats and interval arithmetic.
Why HN recommends it: It is the go-to primary source whenever HN discusses posits versus IEEE floats, valued for Kahan's sharp critique despite the poor audio.
“Audio quality is not great but there are links to slides from Gustafson and Kahan” Read on HN ↗