Chapter 2. Numeric Representation
High-level languages shield programmers from the pain of dealing with low-level numeric representation. Writing great code, however, requires a complete understanding of how computers represent numbers. Once you understand internal numeric representation, you’ll discover efficient ways to implement many algorithms and see the pitfalls associated with many common programming practices. Therefore, this chapter looks at numeric representation to ensure you completely understand what your computer languages and systems are doing with your data.
2.1 What Is a Number?
Having taught assembly language programming for many ...
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