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[–] MxM111@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I would divide by two (floating point) and check the fractional part.

[–] sus@programming.dev 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

turns out that 2^53 + 1 is an even number

[–] iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 years ago

The article only covers unsigned 32-bit numbers, so floating point division would be fine.