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4 billion if statements (andreasjhkarlsson.github.io)

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[-] MxM111@kbin.social 2 points 8 months ago

I would divide by two (floating point) and check the fractional part.

[-] sus@programming.dev 6 points 8 months ago

turns out that 2^53 + 1 is an even number

[-] iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 8 months ago

The article only covers unsigned 32-bit numbers, so floating point division would be fine.

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