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Digital Computers Were a Mistake: IEEE 754 Floating Point Hack

Digital computers were a mistake. Yaroslav Bulatov (@yaroslavvb) During last week's visit @stephen_wolfram talked about the roots of ML. Why do we use continuous numbers? He tracked it down to 1943 paper. At the time analogue computers seemed like a feasible option. Using them on digital computers needs IEEE 754 which seems like a giant hack — https://nitter.net/yaroslavvb/status/2040462121734180907#m

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