I've read this article twice now and I'm confused about its intended audience. If it's meant to be read by programmers, it's basically all wrong. Per IEEE 754,

I've read this article twice now and I'm confused about its intended audience. If it's meant to be read by programmers, it's basically all wrong. Per IEEE 754, dividing any number by ±0.0 will give you ±Infinity -- so I'm not exactly sure how that's "ok." Also, the idea that it's "important to fit things into some relatively small amount of digits" because of "the speed of light" is just bizarre. It's like saying the reason we build bridges is because of gravity.. I mean, yeah.. I guess? On the other hand, if it's for laypeople, it does a terrible job of explaining much of anything. You'd need to have prior knowledge of floating point numbers, scientific notation, division by zero, etc. Are people actually reading it or just upvoting on a whim?