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SEI CERT C Coding Standard
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Rec. 05. Floating Point (FLP)
FLP00-C. Understand the limitations of floating-point numbers
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FLP00-C. Understand the limitations of floating-point numbers
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Shaun Hedrick
Jun 03, 2008
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Jill Britton
Oct 03, 2022
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SEI CERT Oracle Coding Standard for Java (1)
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NUM53-J. Use the strictfp modifier for floating-point calculation consistency across platforms
SEI CERT C Coding Standard (1)
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FLP05-C. Do not use denormalized numbers
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www.network-theory.co.uk/docs/gccintro/gccintro_70.html
https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/Polyspace+Bug…
https://www.kb.cert.org/vulnotes/bymetric?searchview&query=…
https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
https://www.mathworks.com/help/bugfinder/ref/certcrec.flp00…
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NUM53-J. Use the strictfp modifier for floating-point calculation consistency across platforms
SEI CERT C Coding Standard (14)
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FLP01-C. Take care in rearranging floating-point expressions
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AA. Bibliography
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FLP02-C. Avoid using floating-point numbers when precise computation is needed
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SEI CERT C++ Coding Standard (3)
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VOID FLP35-CPP. Take granularity into account when comparing floating point values
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VOID FLP00-CPP. Understand the limitations of floating-point numbers
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