Sunday, 10 December 2023

Floating Point Arithmetric Errors


 Looking at how floating Point Arithmetic errors can mean the difference in life and death as a small error in time can mean the difference between a missile hitting and missing its target. In this case, a Patriot missile, missing the missile it was sent to shoot down.

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