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Re:FastDoubleParser: Java port of Daniel Lemires fast_double... by j16sdiz on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @01:03AM (#26551316)
In java, method need 'strictfp' modifier to get correct math.
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Re:FastDoubleParser: Java port of Daniel Lemires fast_double... by thu2111 on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @06:43AM (#26553384)
That's not been the case for a very long time and even then it wasn't really about 'correctness'. Actually there's a proposal to delete strictfp from the language:

http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/306

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