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Masterpiece:
The reason numbers are represented in this form is because statistically, the most common operation performed on a number is a comparison with another.
So in a best case scenario one of the two numbers compared is negative, so the machine only has to check the first bit of the number. Next up are the exponents - if the bits do not match up, you know as soon as you hit the bit that is not equal to the bit on the other number. Best case scenario? You just had to check two more bits in both numbers. All without having to rearrange the floating point decimal to a real number.
I think floating point decimals are amazing.
osaka:
Indeed. And it's also great for RadixSort, specially if you use the "Most Significant Bit" variation of it - with the exponent at the beginning, most of the time you'll have almost all numbers sorted in no time.
Emperor Norton:
I learned that gruntled is totally a real word, and it meant exactly what I was using it to mean. I always had used it as a joke. It made me feel very gruntled.
Method of Madness:
Shame that chalant isn't...OR IS IT?
Is it cold in here?:
Today I learned the word "Fetial".
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