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Decimal floating point

6 mentions on Hacker News by 6 people: 1 story, 5 comments · first 2014-03-08 · latest 2019-06-23

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  1. …numbers faster, you're completely right that the worst case scenario is quite complicated: https://github.com/douglascrockford/DEC64/blob/master/dec64....
    comment by windsurfer · 2019-06-23 · in DEC64 (2014)
  2. Re 1: it is true that there is a single paragraph "discussing" rounding in https://github.com/douglascrockford/DEC64/blob/master/dec64.... -- which is not much. If there is more, I did not find it, and would genuinely appreciate a pointer!…
    comment by BlackFingolfin · 2018-03-04 · in DEC64: Decimal Floating Point
  3. I believe its Douglas Crockford: https://github.com/douglascrockford/DEC64
    comment by ballenf · 2018-03-04 · in DEC64: Decimal Floating Point
  4. …equality by comparing bits. Take a look at the the assembly implementation of equality checking: https://github.com/douglascrockford/DEC64/blob/master/dec64.... The "fast path" (which is ten instruction) applies only if the two numbers…
    comment by StefanKarpinski · 2014-03-09 · in DEC64: Decimal Floating Point
  5. Not a spec, but the reference implementation here: https://github.com/douglascrockford/DEC64
    comment by ics · 2014-03-08 · in DEC64: Decimal Floating Point