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Exactly. Programming was once all about numerical analysis and simulations. Now these take about 1-2% of all programming-related activities, but we still use th
by atemerev 11y ago
Exactly. Programming was once all about numerical analysis and simulations. Now these take about 1-2% of all programming-related activities, but we still use these
highly specialized optimized data types everywhere! It's just a mental inertia.
- kazinator 11y ago> we still use these highly specialized optimized data types everywhere! It's just a mental inertia. Sure, specialized to the task of representing 0.5 for the rare case when you need something halfway between 0 and 1. Is it really just mental inertia, or are these floating-point data types "everywhere" because they are actually meeting functional requirements?