Numerical Recipes Distressing RumorsDistressing Rumors, and How We Handle Them You can see (left) how we feel after reading the incorrect reports of bugs in Numerical Recipes that circulate on the Internet! The Internet is an efficient propagator of "urban legends" (see also the alt.folklore.urban FAQ), like the one about the poodle in the microwave oven, or the Mrs. Fields cookie recipe. There are also several well-known hoaxes con
