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Re:In Erlang/OTP 27, +0.0 will no longer be exactly equal to... by pclmulqdq on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @07:53PM (#35881872)
There are actually very clear and technical numerical analysis reasons for all of the weird stuff that happens in IEEE 754. The zero behavior, in particular, is because of this sort of thing.
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