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Archived Inaccuracy of floating points (cygnus-software.com)
submitted 4.8 years ago by DrBunsen
[–] stolencatkarma 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) 4.8 years ago
http://www.cygnus-software.com/papers/comparingfloats/comparingfloats.htm <- updated one from the top link in the page you linked.
[–] MrMetric 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) 4.8 years ago
I believe you mean https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2012/02/25/comparing-floating-point-numbers-2012-edition/
[–] BoringHusband 0 points 0 points 0 points (+0|-0) 4.7 years ago
This is also useful. Your pages are referenced. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1R_gTQjEJnyZNfFFs_qyspdGAofYJzi2ub-10X8PSQn0/edit?usp=sharing
[–] DrBunsen [S] 0 points 0 points 0 points (+0|-0) 4.7 years ago
some bytes a word
That threw me off tracks soo much, wikipedia had to rescue me wether that was some weird sentence or an actual thing.
It is an actual thing. But thanks!
[–] Torchhead 0 points 0 points 0 points (+0|-0) 4.8 years ago
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[–] stolencatkarma 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
http://www.cygnus-software.com/papers/comparingfloats/comparingfloats.htm <- updated one from the top link in the page you linked.
[–] MrMetric 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I believe you mean https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2012/02/25/comparing-floating-point-numbers-2012-edition/
[–] BoringHusband ago
This is also useful. Your pages are referenced. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1R_gTQjEJnyZNfFFs_qyspdGAofYJzi2ub-10X8PSQn0/edit?usp=sharing
[–] DrBunsen [S] ago
That threw me off tracks soo much, wikipedia had to rescue me wether that was some weird sentence or an actual thing.
It is an actual thing. But thanks!
[–] Torchhead ago
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11">