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Written by Ænðr E. Feldstraw on 2024-12-26 at 01:10

[#]computing #unpopularopinion The worst mistake in #computerscience was the floating point unit. It should have stayed discrete decimals stored as a series of small integers ranged 0 through 9. Decimal arithmetic is taught in middle school: don't pretend like that's too difficult for computers to figure out.

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