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Re:One does not simply calculate the absolute value by teddyh on Monday August 23, 2021 @04:26AM (#28273461)
Does Java not have signbit()?
Re:One does not simply calculate the absolute value by tempodox on Monday August 23, 2021 @05:26AM (#28273764)
Or fabs(), like C?
Re:One does not simply calculate the absolute value by fanf2 on Monday August 23, 2021 @07:03AM (#28274198)
The article is about how the Java standard library implements its equivalent of fabs() and why it changed from a careful and clever comparison to bit twiddling