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[–] technohacker@programming.dev 23 points 1 year ago

Oh that just made it click in my head why they would do it as sign, exponent, mantissa and not sign, mantissa, exponent. I mean yes I've been taught it's for sorting purposes, but this really helped it fit better. Thanks!