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Re:What Computer Science Programs Should Teach by ghoshbishakh on Friday April 29, 2022 @05:53AM (#31203284)
Everything is discrete. Computers cannot handle "true" real numbers.
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Re:What Computer Science Programs Should Teach by j-pb on Friday April 29, 2022 @06:56AM (#31203627)
Digital computer cannot handle true real numbers.

Analog computers MIGHT.

It really depends on how quantized our universe is. If you have papers that show full quantization including tunneling probabilities e.t.c please share them! The physical existence of the reals has been a white whale of mine for some time ^^'.

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