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[Matt McCutchen]

On Tue, 2010-08-03 at 09:31 +0200, Kevin Kofler wrote:
> Matt McCutchen wrote:
> > If you want to talk about correctness of algorithms, there is a notion
> > of "negligible" (less than inverse polynomial) probability of failure
> > that can be used.  In the real world, you are not doing yourself any
> > measurable good by professing to go after this risk which is orders of
> > magnitude smaller than all the others you face every day.
> 
> I'm a mathematician, for me there's no such thing as a "negligible" failure 
> probability. The probability of failure is either zero (i.e. the algorithm 
> works) or not (i.e. the algorithm doesn't work). Using an algorithm which 
> doesn't work is unacceptable.

OK, then don't.  But let the rest of us get on with our work based on
real-world risks and benefits.

-- 
Matt