Re: Well DUH ! AI People Finally Realize They Can Ditch Most Floating-Point for Big Ints

"186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> writes:

  BUT ... as said, even a 32-bit int can handle fairly
  large vals. Mult little vals by 100 or 1000 and you can
  throw away the need for decimal points - and the POWER
  required to do such calx. Accuracy should be more than
  adequate.

You’re talking about fixed-point arithmetic, which is already used where
appropriate (although the scale is a power of 2 so you can shift
products down into the right place rather than dividing).

  In any case, I'm happy SOMEONE finally realized this.
>
  TOOK a really LONG time though ......

It’s obvious that you’ve not actually read or understood the paper that
this thread is about.

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