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> I thought floating point is an essential part of databases. It's not. It's not even particularly necessary for 95% of DB Ops. I have no idea where you even g
by deaddodo 3y ago
> I thought floating point is an essential part of databases.
It's not. It's not even particularly necessary for 95% of DB Ops. I have no idea where you even gathered that thought.
This drastically misinformed aspect just makes the rest of your argument seem equally misinformed.
- tw1984 3y ago> It's not even particularly necessary for 95% of DB Ops. Let's say I have databases full of some sensor data that need to be processed by some fancy SQL scripts to crunch those numbers. Tell me how I am suppose to get that done without using floating point. With only one FPU in mind, tell me how to parallelize such processing and full utilize all those cores.
- MichaelZuo 3y agoPicking an example from the remaining 5% does not contradict the parent's point.
- tw1984 3y agoThe point here is that it is pure stupidity on display to cut the number of FPUs to just one, the short lived history of such design is a proof for that.