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Re:Exposing Floating Point by turtledragonfly on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @09:08PM (#36500984)
Then would it be fair to say that if you don't know what calculations might be coming, all other things being equal, 1 is a good choice since it is "unbiased" in this sense?
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Re:Exposing Floating Point by Dylan16807 on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @09:36PM (#36501193)
It's perfectly fine, but because addition is very common it's unlikely to be optimal.
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