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[–] Eximius@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did nobody read the manual?

IEEE 754 double precision: The 53-bit significand precision gives from 15 to 17 significant decimal digits precision.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not sure where the 17 comes from. It's 15.