Comment on Speaking JavaScriptparentComments−munificent12ycryptic and ancient standardCryptic and ancient?! IEEE 754 is the behavior implemented by the chip in the computer you're using to browser HN with right now.−saraid21612y"In current and common use" is not actually the opposite of "cryptic and ancient".−sitkack12yI get your point, but....Ancient it is not, and old isn't bad. Lots of deep thinking went into IEEE-754, http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~wkahan/ieee754status/754story.ht... calculating with computers is hard work.
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Cryptic and ancient?! IEEE 754 is the behavior implemented by the chip in the computer you're using to browser HN with right now.
"In current and common use" is not actually the opposite of "cryptic and ancient".
I get your point, but....
Ancient it is not, and old isn't bad. Lots of deep thinking went into IEEE-754, http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~wkahan/ieee754status/754story.ht... calculating with computers is hard work.