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> double precision, which is expected these days in floats. Some people will expect it to be double precision (e.g. Python programmers) whereas others will exp
by Firadeoclus 6y ago
> double precision, which is expected these days in floats.
Some people will expect it to be double precision (e.g. Python programmers) whereas others will expect it to be single precision (e.g. C/C++ programmers).
- nmca 6y agoPet peeve of mine when people call these types anything other than f32, f64 etc. Surely we should have learned by now!
- thechao 6y agoWhich f16? For GPUs I know of three format-different fp’s used in common practice. For f32 there’s (generally) two format compatible, semantic diverging variants. And that doesn’t even take into account sub-behaviors of “standard” IEEE-754.
- jgalt212 6y agofair enough, but I guess we can agree then that "float" is a vague term. And when a term is vague, it's probably best to default to the least likely to do damage actual definition.