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The biggest misunderstanding I see in these types of discussions is that there is a lossless conversion between binary floating point representation and decimal
by gwright 2y ago
The biggest misunderstanding I see in these types of discussions is that there is a lossless conversion between binary floating point representation and decimal representation.
Very few values have exact decimal and binary floating point representations.
- RaftPeople 2y agoNote: I think you meant to say "lossy" instead of "lossless"
- gwright 2y agoNope. I was asserting that confusion comes from people believing that a "lossless" conversion exists. Sorry if that wasn't clear.
- RaftPeople 2y agoOk, that makes sense.