Re:E-Stop and Fuel, software that keeps you awake at night
by monob on Sunday February 11, 2018 @05:12AM
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Fixed point isn't any better than floating point.
If anything errors in floating point numbers are graceful and give you a lot of leeway before they become catastrophic. Fixed point works until you hit 2(n-1) bits then probably breaks unexpectedly. Where n is the last exponent you have seen in business.
If anything errors in floating point numbers are graceful and give you a lot of leeway before they become catastrophic. Fixed point works until you hit 2(n-1) bits then probably breaks unexpectedly. Where n is the last exponent you have seen in business.