137: The Origins of the Internet with John Day
Programming Throwdown
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The Decimal Point Is at the Right End of the Word
So there's not actually a decimal. They put the decimal point at the right end of the word. Ye wt, but there is no a. So you saying they put the exponent on the far right, ye? And so thena no, it was still the same thing. Oh, ik. O your a lot. But as far as i understand wit, floating point,. You have a bit for the sign, right? Ave the exponent, which is a tiny intager, right? And then you have the mantissa. I don't quite understand whe wre minary point that goe between the expoandthe mates, right? The whole thing is a fraction
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