[mdlug] For The Mathematically Inclined.

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It may be hard for some to believe, but the original purpose,
and still very much a priamry purpose, of the computer was to
facilitate mathematical computation.

How does GNU/Linux fare in its mathematical capability?

The following paper may be of interest:

https://members.loria.fr/PZimmermann/papers/accuracy.pdf

Focus on page 8, where the results of the GNU C Library
are compared against other math libraries for computations
involving the C "double" type, which is the most commonly
used C type in math work.

Impressively, the GNU C Library is second only to the Intel
Math Kernel Library (MKL) in overall accuracy -- but it's
a very close second.

The bold-faced typeface indicates the most accurate performance
in a particular row, and GLIBC ranks the highest in many areas.

Microsoft's MSVC does rather poorly overall.

Thus, those of you who do scientific/engineering/math work
with GNU/Linux can feel confident.