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There are only four billion floats, so test them all (2014)
A few months ago I saw a blog post touting fancy new SSE3 functions for implementing vector floor, ceil, and round functions. There was the inevitable proud proclaiming of impressive performance an…
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Systems & PerformanceMath & Algorithms2020
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 2020 | There are only four billion floats, so test them all (2014) by tape_measure | 501 | 175 |
| Sep 14, 2017 | There Are Only Four Billion Floats, So Test Them All (2014) by tosh | 329 | 50 |
| Feb 9, 2023 | There Are Only Four Billion Floats–So Test Them All (2014) by albrewer | 252 | 65 |
| Jan 28, 2014 | There Are Only Four Billion Floats – So Test Them All by thedufer | 235 | 118 |
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