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Stop using floats (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by nifty@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

May I propose a dedicated circuit (analog because you can only ever approximate their value) that stores and returns transcendental/irrational numbers exclusively? We can just assume they're going to be whatever value we need whenever we need them.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Wouldn't noise in the circuit mean it'd only be reliable to certain level of precision, anyway?

[–] Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I mean, every irrational number used in computation is reliable to a certain level of precision. Just because the current (heh) methods aren't precise enough doesn't mean they'll never be.

[–] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 months ago

You can always increase the precision of a computation, analog signals are limited by quantum physics.