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How often doe a program load an FP with a value at the absolute extreme of the range though? I mean, if my value is there, I probably already have a problem.
by euroclydon 9y ago
How often doe a program load an FP with a value at the absolute extreme of the range though? I mean, if my value is there, I probably already have a problem.
- robotresearcher 9y agoThe highest bit is the sign bit. Flipping that one is interesting.
- todd8 9y agoYes, but the point is that flipping a single bit can change a value dramatically. While using 64 bit ints for example programs are likely using a limited range of values and flipping a bit in say the middle of the int will change the value by plus or minus 4294967296. Not many programs will handle this gracefully.