Floating points essentials
Peter Hrenka
10:45-12:15, Friday, 19th June 2026 in
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Both beginners and advanced developers can struggle with floating point values. The fact that precision is finite is often not even the biggest practical problem. In this talk I will develop and visualize a mental model for floating point values that clarifies several surprising effects and give proper examples and guidance how to address such issues in modern C++ code.
Peter Hrenka
I started programming C++ in the last millennium and did a lot of 3d and OpenGL programming and I have moved on to safety critical systems.