Science Memes@mander.xyz•Repeating of coursebyLurkingLuddite@piefed.socialEnglish5 daysIsn’t a big point of floating point that it can easily have mathematical operators done on them on CPUs? Sure, complex circuitry is no big deal these days, but IIRC, there were very good reasons for what was chosen. 6
Isn’t a big point of floating point that it can easily have mathematical operators done on them on CPUs? Sure, complex circuitry is no big deal these days, but IIRC, there were very good reasons for what was chosen.