alt Hacker NewsI appreciate this warning near the top: This post contains floating point. Floating point is known to the State of California to cause confusion and a fear response in mammalian bipeds.
I wisely hit the back button :)
I appreciate this warning near the top: This post contains floating point. Floating point is known to the State of California to cause confusion and a fear response in mammalian bipeds.
I wisely hit the back button :)
I saw an explanation (perhaps Fabien's) which made it click - floating point is just segment:offset addressing for numbers!
Then the full horror of it hit me.