Comments by "GH1618" (@GH-oi2jf) on "Low Level" channel.

  1. I am a (retired) professional programmer. I never wanted my programs to run as fast as possible. I wanted them to run as reliably as possible, i.e. rock-solid reliably. I have seen countless examples of programmers being led astray by the siren song of premature optimization.
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  2.  @mxruben81  — It isn't shocking. It is a lot easier to build a software system on top of a ready-made general-purpose operating system than to develop everything you need yourself. Windows provides a lot of useful services.
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  3. I think this goes deeper than basic computer knowledge that a journalist should know. I'd be happy if they just used the language correctly.
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  4. Fun fact: The Cray-1 did not have a division instruction, either. It had a reciprocal instruction.
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  5. It's 32, not 31. It's a good idea to use the correct formula.
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  6. There are few applications which require high precision for temperature. How many significant digits do you have in your input? Probably no more than three. If you have only integral Fahrenheit values, then you should give Celsius to the nearest half degree.
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  7. Probably not. Multiplication is much easier.
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