posits still have Near which is a single NaN like value. the problem with floats...

adgjlsfhk1 on Sept 28, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Posits, a New Kind of Number, Improves the Math of...

posits still have Near which is a single NaN like value. the problem with floats is that they have -0, -inf, inf and a bunch of NaN values. float16 for example wastes over 1000 of the 65000 numbers or can represent on non-finite numbers.