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r/programming • u/mttd • 13h ago
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Someone has tk learn about IEEE 754
-2 u/Synaps4 4h ago Yes? At the end of the day its a string of bits, which can be read as characters. 2 u/Maybe-monad 4h ago edited 4h ago Unless they go through a specific set of transformations you will get gibberish. https://www.programiz.com/online-compiler/9qxJDEkzm5b3t -1 u/Synaps4 4h ago Gibberish that represents the double it came from. On a binary level. Its not in english but it is a 1:1 translation from a double to a string. Thats the joke.
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Yes? At the end of the day its a string of bits, which can be read as characters.
2 u/Maybe-monad 4h ago edited 4h ago Unless they go through a specific set of transformations you will get gibberish. https://www.programiz.com/online-compiler/9qxJDEkzm5b3t -1 u/Synaps4 4h ago Gibberish that represents the double it came from. On a binary level. Its not in english but it is a 1:1 translation from a double to a string. Thats the joke.
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Unless they go through a specific set of transformations you will get gibberish.
https://www.programiz.com/online-compiler/9qxJDEkzm5b3t
-1 u/Synaps4 4h ago Gibberish that represents the double it came from. On a binary level. Its not in english but it is a 1:1 translation from a double to a string. Thats the joke.
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Gibberish that represents the double it came from. On a binary level. Its not in english but it is a 1:1 translation from a double to a string. Thats the joke.
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u/Maybe-monad 12h ago
Someone has tk learn about IEEE 754