Re:Floating point error is the least of my worries (2011)
by kccqzy on Friday February 23, 2018 @05:15AM
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I find that the typical developer’s typical work doesn’t require irrational numbers at all. Of courses those specifically doing numeric computing would be best served with traditional floating point, but I truly think most don’t. Maybe my experience is biased then.
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Re:Floating point error is the least of my worries (2011)
by adwn on Saturday February 24, 2018 @03:16AM
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The typical developer's typical work mostly requires integers, and when they need reals, 64-bit floats are nearly always sufficient. I would even say that arbitrary-size integers are needed more often than true rationals.