[SIGCIS-Members] the nature of computational error

[Laurent Bloch]

Hi,

You should have a look on this paper:
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01340384/document
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01340384

I believe it could meet your interest.

Cheers!

Le Fri, 3 Jul 2020 13:54:44 -0400,
Matthew Kirschenbaum <mkirschenbaum at gmail.com> a écrit :

> Hello all,
> 
> I am interested in a better understanding of the nature of
> computational error. My sense is that actual, literal (mathematical)
> mistakes in modern computers are quite rare; the notorious Pentium
> bug of the early 1990s is the exception that proves the rule. Most
> bugs are, rather, code proceeding to a perfectly correct logical
> outcome that just so happens to be inimical or intractable to the
> user and/or other dependent elements of the system. The Y2K "bug,"
> for instance, was actually code executing in ways that were entirely
> internally self-consistent, however much havoc the code would wreak
> (or was expected to wreak).
> 
> Can anyone recommend reading that will help me formulate such
> thoughts with greater confidence and accuracy? Or serve as a
> corrective? I'd like to read something fundamental and even
> philosophical about, as my subject line has it, *the nature of
> computational error*. I'd also be interested in collecting other
> instances comparable to the Pentium bug--bugs that were actual flaws
> and mistakes hardwired at the deepest levels of a system.
> 
> Thank you-- Matt
> 
> 



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