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To: Doug McNaught <doug@wireboard.com>
cc: davidsen@tmr.com (bill davidsen), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Breaking system configuration in stable kernels 
In-Reply-To: Message from Doug McNaught <doug@wireboard.com> 
   of "11 Oct 2001 16:54:41 -0400." <m3itdl28z2.fsf@belphigor.mcnaught.org> 
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 22:18:14 -0400
From: Horst von Brand <vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl>
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Doug McNaught <doug@wireboard.com> said:
> davidsen@tmr.com (bill davidsen) writes:
> 
> >   Microsoft has actually had two good ideas; the software floating
> > point in the FORTRAN compiler for the 8080 CP/M system (one extra bit
> > of precision) and MS-CHAP to prevent clear text passwords from passing
> > on the net. 
> 
> Kerberos predates the latter by quite a bit.

And numerical analysis types will tell you that extra precision in
intermediate results is *EVIL* ;-)
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