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Stop using floats (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/programmer_humor

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I mean, every irrational number used in computation is reliable to a certain level of precision. Just because the current (heh) methods aren't precise enough doesn't mean they'll never be.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

You can always increase the precision of a computation, analog signals are limited by quantum physics.