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Stop using floats (lemmy.world)
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[-] Psythik@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago

While we're at it, what the hell is -0 and how does it differ from 0?

[-] computerscientistI@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

For integers it really doesn't exist. An algorithm for multiplying an integer with -1 is: Invert all bits and add 1 to the right-most bit. You can do that for 0 of course, it won't hurt.

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