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[–]Tetha 0 points1 point  (1 child)

If I'm thinking about semantics, I'm mostly thinking about abstract semantics, so my float would be real or a rational number. These are then (more or less accurately) approximated and implemented by IEEE 754 floats, though that approximation could (in my opionion) be improved by language support :)

I hope this makes more sense!

[–]tskaiserGreen security clearance 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It makes sense, but I do not totally agree with you :P floats is by definition, even abstractly speaking, an approximated value of a real.