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What’s the Point?

Jared Wyles at South 2012
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So you think computers are smart? Think they can out math even the most brilliant mathematician? So why does .1 + .2 = .30000000000000004 in a lot of languages? Even if you prefer to ignore maths until it goes away, you can come and learn how a computer actually works and why this may break your code in the future.

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