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Re:How many floating-point numbers are in the interval [0,1]? by lightedman on Thursday March 02, 2017 @04:18AM (#13772765)
I was under the impression (after several thousand attempts) that the correct answer is infinity, limited only by your addressable memory and bitspace.
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Re:How many floating-point numbers are in the interval [0,1]? by afandian on Thursday March 02, 2017 @07:07AM (#13773471)
I think people are assuming IEEE 754 floating point (as per the article). Your memory is finite, 32 bits. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating_point
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