Floating point math is tricky. In this video, we'll learn how these numbers work in computers, and build a software implementation from scratch in JavaScript.
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- Floating Point Arithmetic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating-point_arithmetic
- 16 Bit Floats: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-precision_floating-point_format
- IEEE 754 Spec: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/30711
- Fabien Sanglard's awesome blog on the subject: http://fabiensanglard.net/floating_point_visually_explained/
- Denormalised Numbers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denormal_number
- Github Repo: https://github.com/LowLevelJavaScript/Floating-Point-Implemented-In-JS