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> Outside of scientific computation, machine learning, statisticd, etc there is seldom legitimate use for floating point. I don't disagree with the broad strok
by asveikau 7y ago
> Outside of scientific computation, machine learning, statisticd, etc there is seldom legitimate use for floating point.
I don't disagree with the broad strokes but wanted to point out that graphics is another area where it's useful.
And lots of mathy stuff with practical applications. Audio could be another.
- novok 7y agoI think anything that wants to approximate physical reality finds the float useful. The real problems is when people use floats for human accounting and casual measurements like 0.1cm