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I code-review altcoins[1] as a hobby and stuff like this is why I give a ding to coins using floating point operations in, say, reward code, especially when it'

by earlz 12y ago

I code-review altcoins[1] as a hobby and stuff like this is why I give a ding to coins using floating point operations in, say, reward code, especially when it's something relatively complicated like multiplication or division. I'm just waiting for different processors to differ in the last decimal place to cause a fork on the coin's network. [1]: https://github.com/Earlz/coinreviews https://github.com/Earlz/coinreviews

acqq 12y ago
As far as I know, all the modern processors follow the IEEE 754 standard, which is a serious and reliable standard, so if anything like that happens, it shouldn't be a processor issue. The implementations of the languages are something else, however. I suggest the fine article by Bruce Dawson: https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2013/07/16/floating-point-determinism/ https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2013/07/16/floating-point-...