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Can we finally put this one to rest? (lemmy.world)

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[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 18 points 2 years ago

if (a < b) {
    return true;
} else if (b < a) {
    return false;
} else {
    return "A == B, bro"
}

[-] Lachy@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

That doesn’t work if either one is NaN

[-] nodiet@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago

That is literally how we implemented an algorithm to check for equivalence in a privacy preserving way. Only that you can't check the results of the evaluation so you have to do 1-(a<b)-(b<a)

[-] darcy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

typed languages seeing this

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