Ephera@lemmy.ml to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoIEEE 754cdn.fosstodon.orgimagemessage-square42linkfedilinkarrow-up1857arrow-down19file-textcross-posted to: science_memes@mander.xyz
arrow-up1848arrow-down1imageIEEE 754cdn.fosstodon.orgEphera@lemmy.ml to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square42linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: science_memes@mander.xyz
minus-squarelone_faerie@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 years agoA lot of work has gone into making floating point numbers efficient and they cover 99% of use cases. In the rare case you really need perfect fractional accuracy, it’s not that difficult to implement as a pair of integers.
A lot of work has gone into making floating point numbers efficient and they cover 99% of use cases. In the rare case you really need perfect fractional accuracy, it’s not that difficult to implement as a pair of integers.
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