> There are also 255 representations of almost all representable numbers. This isn't true. Only zero has 255 representations. All other numbers are limited b

> There are also 255 representations of almost all representable numbers. This isn't true. Only zero has 255 representations. All other numbers are limited by the size of the coefficient, 16 digits. So a number with 1 significant digit would have 16 representations, one with two would have 15, etc. Not that I'm defending the format, but if we're critiquing it for being sloppy, we need to be careful about such things.