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How Floating Point Works

Source: https://github.com/trekhleb/javascript-algorithms

Some things about computer science seem natural and boring. And who cares about the mathematical representation of floating point numbers in a binary number system. But actually it is something that you stumble upon, should you be part of the I-don’t-need-no-strinking-ARM-or-X86 home-brew CPU builders guild.

Oleksii Trekhleb talking to us on Twitter as @Trekhleb gets you there. In his collection of Javascript Algorithms he dives into the details of exactly that - Binary representation of floating-point numbers.

A supercool and illustrated read to either get into the topic and grow, or just have fun refreshing your existing knowledge.

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