Unums: A Radical Approach to Computation with Real Numbers

An interview with Gustafson: http://insidehpc.com/2015/03/slidecast-john-gustafson-explai...

His book on Unums: http://www.amazon.com/End-Error-Computing-Chapman-Computatio...

IEEE floating point is an absolute disaster, so I hope this works out.

From the reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/2ckk5u/unum_a_...

Anyone out there have the background to speak to the relevance of this approach? It seems tantalizingly simple and logical, which usually means I'm forgetting some critical small detail :)