Comment on: Concerning type float, if I typed out 38 digits, put a decimal point anywhere on that number except for the ends, and chose my 7 significant digits, can I really deal with those significant digits?

Uh, can someone ELI5 this? What are significant digits.

I feel like whenever a programming post hits the front page there should be a ELI5 if possible.

1 30 Jan 2016 10:27 u/True-Saber in v/programming