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Re:Examples of Floating Point Problems by thxg on Friday January 13, 2023 @03:20PM (#34373341)
Yes, and this is not just a theoretical concern: There was an article here [1] in 2021 claiming that Apple M1's FMA implementation had "flaws". There was actually no such flaw. Instead, the author was caught off guard by the very phenomenon you are describing.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27880461

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Re:Examples of Floating Point Problems by adgjlsfhk1 on Friday January 13, 2023 @11:54PM (#34377485)
Although funnily enough the Windows fma implementation is significantly flawed.
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