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In the first several examples, the input seems to have a mantissa with all zeros beyond the first 15 bits. Why isn't the author using float32 for this instead o
by porphyra 3y ago
In the first several examples, the input seems to have a mantissa with all zeros beyond the first 15 bits. Why isn't the author using float32 for this instead of float64?
- Chabsff 3y agoNot having to make that kind of decision in the first place is inherently valuable in of itself, which I believe is what's being showcased here.
- porphyra 3y agoI guess, but most compression algorithms like DEFLATE or zstd would compress those big sequences of zeros basically to nothing.