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Yes, the implementation of Node’s Math package functions is changing, and yes, it's not otherwise standardized. And one should not expect that the CPUs will ev
by acqq 6y ago
Yes, the implementation of Node’s Math package functions is changing, and yes, it's not otherwise standardized.
And one should not expect that the CPUs will ever standardize the results of the functions there. We are de facto left only with IEEE 754, and there are even regarding that continuous attempts to implement less.
So what's left is the wiggle room, but not only in JavaScript as the specification or specific interpreters, but in other languages too.
"stdlib" sounds good, but do they guarantee to never change any implementation of some math function?
I don't agree what the author saw was really "a glitch in the language itself." It's directly allowed by the language to happen.