@PhilipFreidin talked about floating point being a crutch Tim 'mithro' Ansell reposted *Francis Stokes *@fstokesman This whole exploration was inspired @hasheddan's Microarch Club podcast, where @PhilipFreidin talked about floating point being a crutch. Quote Microarch Club @MicroarchClub Feb 19 You Might Not Need Floating Point @PhilipFreidin talks about why floating point is not necessary for many algorithms, and makes a plea for folks not to call the radix point a "decimal point".