> Formatting floating points as strings with maximum precision, for example. That’s not hard to do[1]—rather, it’s hard to do fast (that is, without treating y

> Formatting floating points as strings with maximum precision, for example. That’s not hard to do[1]—rather, it’s hard to do fast (that is, without treating your CPU as a fast 8-bitter, which it sucks at being, comparatively speaking). The other direction is surprisingly difficult, though[2]. [1] https://research.swtch.com/ftoa https://research.swtch.com/ftoa [2] https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3296979.3192369 https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3296979.3192369