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Additionally, the most widely used programming language in finance, Microsoft Excel, is based entirely on IEEE binary floating point arithmetic (though with a f
by simonbyrne 9y ago
Additionally, the most widely used programming language in finance, Microsoft Excel, is based entirely on IEEE binary floating point arithmetic (though with a few hacks on top [1]).
[1]: https://stackoverflow.com/a/43046570/392585 https://stackoverflow.com/a/43046570/392585
- Slartie 9y agoTrue, but the number of weird mistakes due to floating point inaccuracies that happened in Excel spreadsheets is probably too large to be accurately representable in a 32bit float number.