Paranoia is a rather large program, devised by Prof. Kahan of
Berkeley, to explore the floating point system on your computer.
These files are being redistributed as encouraged in the note
copied below.  They may not be the very latest versions, but
their time stamps will be updated when the netlib
versions are updated.

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Dear Fellow Paranoid,

We ask:

   1. Please distribute these programs as widely as you 
      like.  Be sure to include as much help as possible.
      Please include these requests as well.
   
   2. Please let me know if you can provide it on other
      media.  Other potential users may be saved from
      retyping 2500 lines of code if you can provide the
      programs on a Whizbang 200 disk/tape/notched-stick.
      It is reasonable to ask money for this.
   
   3. PLEASE let me know about any source changes that
      you made to make Paranoia work on your system.  The
      exact model/version/date of your system is quite
      important in order to understand the changes.  If
      you send the new version, please indicate where the
      changes occur.  Machine readable is preferred.
   
   4. Please send me your results.  Note which version of
      Paranoia gave the results and what machine/language
      model/version etc. they apply to.
   
   5. Suggestions and comments are always welcome.

Thank you for participating in this unique investigation 
of contemporary floating-point arithmetic.  Your help is
vital to the project.

Yours truly,

Richard Karpinski
Modula Assured Quality Software
6521 Raymond Street
Oakland, CA 94609


ps  Send a stamped, self addressed envelope to the above
     address to get a sheet on the current status of the
     project at any time.


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