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Show HN: Floating point arithmetic types in C++ for any size and any base

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79 points seg_fault | 2 comments | 18 Oct 24 17:42 UTC | HN request time: 1.31s | source

Since there is so much interest on HN in floats lately and their software implementations, I wanted to show mine. It has no use and is just for teaching me floats and C++. Give me your thoughts.
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rurban ◴[21 Oct 24 21:53 UTC] No.41908916[source]▶
It's copyrighted so I should not even look at it, and therefore not comment on it.
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1. syockit ◴[22 Oct 24 04:31 UTC] No.41911220[source]▶
It's copyrighted, but nothing stops you from looking at it. It's akin to looking a t a mural painted at someone's house. You can also comment as long as you don't post snippets of the code (except for when fair use is applicable).
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2. rurban ◴[25 Oct 24 11:13 UTC] No.41944134[source]▶
Legally yes, but in reality not. In most companies or projects legal tells me not to look at it all, esp. the FSF. I can look at the API, but not the implementation.

That's why it's called https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean-room_design.