lemmyreader to AsklemmyEnglish · 9 months agoDid the year zero never exist ?message-squaremessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up197arrow-down1message-squareDid the year zero never exist ?lemmyreader to AsklemmyEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square79fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejsomaelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agofloating point arithmetic on computers does suffer the existence of a negative zero. But it’s generally considered an unfortunate consequence of IEEE754.
floating point arithmetic on computers does suffer the existence of a negative zero. But it’s generally considered an unfortunate consequence of IEEE754.