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jnwatsonyesterday at 3:56 PM2 repliesview on HN

The floating point comparison bug is nightmare fuel. I could look at that for years and never spot the mistake.


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bee_rideryesterday at 4:25 PM

On the bright side it could probably run for years without hitting the mistake as well. But it is nice to get it out of there.

wffurryesterday at 5:54 PM

Fuzzers are brilliant at this and produce all kinds of insane floating point inputs.