Why Computers Can t Do Math

Why 0.1 + 0.2 equals 0.30000000000000004, a deep dive into Base 2, IEEE 754 double-precision floats, and how real engineering systems handle the rounding errors. Hope you enjoy! :). . Links:. ⬛ X (Twitter): https://x.com/pawelcodestuff. 🟨 buymeacoffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/pawelcodestuff. . Chapters:. 0:00 The 0.1 + 0.2 problem. 0:24 Why it’s not a language bug. 0:42 How Base 10 works (and where it breaks). 1:55 Why computers use Base 2. 3:41 IEEE 754 and the 64-bit box. 6:17 Money, integers, and decimal libraries. 7:29 Floating-point isn’t broken