[–] rudedogg 5y ago ↗ There was a comment on the article for https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24700705 that mentioned posits as an alternative to IEEE 754 Floating Point.They have a website with a specification up at https://posithub.org/, but it seems very slow. There's also a presentation on YouTube detailing how they work, and the advantages: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJgT-YphE1Y
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[ 5.8 ms ] story [ 15.7 ms ] threadThey have a website with a specification up at https://posithub.org/, but it seems very slow. There's also a presentation on YouTube detailing how they work, and the advantages: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJgT-YphE1Y