← Back to context Comment by wiredfool 3 years ago Presumably it's not as accurate? 3 comments wiredfool Reply nickpeterson 3 years ago Someone needs to make a bumper sticker for developers that says “fast and wrong”. I’d imagine non-programmers would buy more of them for other reasons… Dylan16807 3 years ago It's only on edge cases that floating point isn't mathematically wrong. And sometimes you don't mind an extra couple ULPs of drift. fsckboy 3 years ago fast and wrong? that's not a great bumper sticker to have when you're getting pulled over for speeding.
nickpeterson 3 years ago Someone needs to make a bumper sticker for developers that says “fast and wrong”. I’d imagine non-programmers would buy more of them for other reasons… Dylan16807 3 years ago It's only on edge cases that floating point isn't mathematically wrong. And sometimes you don't mind an extra couple ULPs of drift. fsckboy 3 years ago fast and wrong? that's not a great bumper sticker to have when you're getting pulled over for speeding.
Dylan16807 3 years ago It's only on edge cases that floating point isn't mathematically wrong. And sometimes you don't mind an extra couple ULPs of drift.
fsckboy 3 years ago fast and wrong? that's not a great bumper sticker to have when you're getting pulled over for speeding.
Someone needs to make a bumper sticker for developers that says “fast and wrong”. I’d imagine non-programmers would buy more of them for other reasons…
It's only on edge cases that floating point isn't mathematically wrong. And sometimes you don't mind an extra couple ULPs of drift.
fast and wrong? that's not a great bumper sticker to have when you're getting pulled over for speeding.