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6004 :: Share a paper: How to Print Floating-Point Numbers Accurately

• foldl (orginal) [2020-02-28T07:13:43+01:00] view original

  Arrogance definitely leads to ignorance.

  -- N/A

  How to Print Floating-Point Numbers Accurately by Guy L. Steele Jr. and Jon L White.

  As a bonus, this paper also gives hints on how to read floating point numbers accurately.

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• e (orginal) [2020-02-28T17:10:53+01:00] view original

  This is a venerable paper. There is a new algorithm, Ryū: fast float-to-string conversion that is much faster. Here's some code: https://github.com/ulfjack/ryu

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• leorize (orginal) [2020-02-28T21:31:04+01:00] view original

  We also have a working port that passes all the test here: https://github.com/clyybber/nimryu

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