Jan. 26, 2015
8:14 p.m.
On 01/26/2015 11:37 AM, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
On Mon, 26 Jan 2015 11:26:59 -0800 Chris Barker <chris.barker@noaa.gov> wrote:
Simplicity has its virtues.
But which is more simple? I came to the conclusion that the asymmetric was simpler to explain and reason about in any case.
Symmetricity removes any uncertainty as to parameter order.
Yes, and nothing is simpler than getting wrong answers -- I can generate those all day long without even trying! ;) One example of when it matters: resistors should have a value of 10, but can be off by 2.5% How would an easy symmetric test handle that? -- ~Ethan~