Issue 073: Floating-Point Arithmetic
Welcome to the 73rd issue of De Programmatica Ipsum, about Floating-Point Arithmetic.
In this edition:
- We argue that floating-point arithmetic is the smartest concept in computer science.
- In the Library section, we review the unfortunately not entirely recommendable “Histoire Universelle des Chiffres” by Georges Ifrah.
- In our Vidéothèque section, we learn more about the nature of floating-point numbers thanks to Tom Scott.
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