Floating-Point Integers Are Perfectly Representable

floating-point is second nature to us systems programmers, the average programmer probably only knows that they have a sign bit, an exponent and a mantissa and that integers that fit within the mantissa are perfectly representable, of course of course

A dark-mode social media post jokes about systems programmers understanding floating-point numbers and assuming that integers fitting within the mantissa are perfectly representable. The repeated “of course” is sarcastic, highlighting a subtle technical caveat that average programmers may overlook. EN: A dark-mode social media post jokes about systems programmers understanding floating-point numbers and assuming that integers fitting within the mantissa are perfectly representable. The repeated “of course” is sarcastic, highlighting a subtle technical caveat that average programmers may overlook.

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