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4 billion if statements (andreasjhkarlsson.github.io)

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[-] DarkGamer@kbin.social 2 points 6 months ago

This is why every programmer needs to understand the modulo operator.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Or bitwise AND.

[-] Reptorian@programming.dev 2 points 6 months ago

This is what I prefer too! I also some times prefer to use bitshift when it comes to division or multiplication of power of 2.

[-] MxM111@kbin.social 2 points 6 months ago

I would divide by two (floating point) and check the fractional part.

[-] sus@programming.dev 6 points 6 months ago

turns out that 2^53 + 1 is an even number

[-] iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 6 months ago

The article only covers unsigned 32-bit numbers, so floating point division would be fine.

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