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Correct Decimal to Floating-Point Using Big Integers
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2 points
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todsacerdoti
on Feb 25, 2024
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Pi and e in Binary (2011)
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2 points
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peter_d_sherman
on Oct 20, 2023
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1 comment
Why 0.1 Does Not Exist in Floating-Point – Exploring Binary
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2 points
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nightfuryx
on Oct 16, 2022
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Decimal Precision of Binary Floating-Point Numbers
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4 points
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ingve
on June 15, 2016
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Visual C++ strtod(): Still Broken
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exploringbinary.com
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38 points
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nly
on June 20, 2015
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6 comments
Number of Digits Required for Round-Trip Conversions
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3 points
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wglb
on April 10, 2015
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Gangnam Style Video Overflows YouTube Counter
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1 point
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jessaustin
on April 1, 2015
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7 Bits Are Not Enough for 2-Digit Accuracy
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70 points
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pascal_cuoq
on April 1, 2015
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27 comments
The Spacing of Binary Floating-Point Numbers
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41 points
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wglb
on March 22, 2015
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14 comments
PHP Converts 2.2250738585072012e-308 Incorrectly
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3 points
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wglb
on Jan 17, 2015
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1 comment
Ten Ways to Check If an Integer Is a Power of Two in C (2009)
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6 points
by
latch
on Nov 2, 2014
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Incorrect Round-Trip Conversions in Visual C++
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exploringbinary.com
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2 points
by
wglb
on May 9, 2013
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The Shortest Decimal String That Round-Trips
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exploringbinary.com
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2 points
by
wglb
on May 1, 2013
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Number of Decimal Digits In a Binary Integer
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1 point
by
wglb
on April 16, 2013
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How the Negative Powers of Ten and Two Are Interleaved
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exploringbinary.com
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1 point
by
wglb
on March 8, 2013
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Ratio of Bits to Decimal Digits
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exploringbinary.com
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1 point
by
wglb
on Feb 1, 2013
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Number of Bits in a Decimal Integer
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exploringbinary.com
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1 point
by
wglb
on Dec 14, 2012
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Special Case Laws of Exponents for Powers of Two
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exploringbinary.com
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2 points
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wglb
on Dec 2, 2012
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Googling ‘Binary’ Returns Count of Results In Binary
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1 point
by
wglb
on Nov 14, 2012
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How strtod() Works (and Sometimes Doesn’t)
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exploringbinary.com
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2 points
by
wglb
on Oct 20, 2012
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Adjusting the Floating-Point Approximation in strtod()
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exploringbinary.com
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1 point
by
wglb
on Oct 6, 2012
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Binary Division
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exploringbinary.com
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2 points
by
wglb
on Sept 27, 2012
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“0.1 Repeating” In Binary Equals 1
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exploringbinary.com
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2 points
by
wglb
on Sept 11, 2012
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Why 0.1 Does Not Exist In Floating-Point
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exploringbinary.com
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60 points
by
wglb
on Sept 7, 2012
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33 comments
Converting a Bicimal to a Fraction (Series Method)
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exploringbinary.com
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2 points
by
wglb
on Aug 31, 2012
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Converting a Bicimal to a Fraction (Direct Method)
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exploringbinary.com
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2 points
by
wglb
on July 22, 2012
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Converting a Bicimal to a Fraction (Subtraction Method)
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exploringbinary.com
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1 point
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wglb
on July 1, 2012
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Bicimals
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1 point
by
wglb
on May 28, 2012
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A Bug in the Bigcomp Function of David Gay’s strtod()
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exploringbinary.com
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2 points
by
wglb
on April 23, 2012
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Binary Division
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7 points
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wglb
on April 1, 2012
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