From: Isaac Gouy <igouy@...>
Date: 2005-03-21T01:34:52+09:00
Subject: Re: Fibonacci Benchmark Correction


Nikolai Weibull wrote:
> * igouy@yahoo.com (Mar 19, 2005 19:10):
> > While acknowledging the comments of Josef, Michael, Nikolai, Joel,
> > Michael, and E, we'll probably change the code for the Fibonacci
> > programs for the simple reason that we refer to the Mathworld
> > definition which uses F(0)=0, so it's more than a little confusing
> > when we don't use that definition for the programs :-)
>
> I don't want to be a dick, but I never said that the code shouldn't
be
> changed.  I just figured that there are more important problems than
> deciding the exact starting point of the Fibonacci series (which is,
as
> stated again and again in this thread to no avail it seems,
arbitrary).

Agreed.

> Anyway, consistency is great, so its good that you adhere to the
> material you're quoting.  Good luck with the shootout,

If our inconsistency leads off on some tangent like this then we need
to fix even the trivial issues :-)