On Saturday, 9 February 2019 at 02:54:18 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
(The `real` thing in D was a massive mistake. It is slow and adds nothing but confusion.)
We've had occasional problems with `real` being 80-bit on FPU giving more precision than asked, and effectively hiding 32-bit float precision problems until run on SSE.
Not a big deal, but I would argue giving more precision than asked is a form of Postel's law: a bad idea.
