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Title:	FLP02-C. Avoid using floating-point numbers when precise computation is needed
Author:	Hal Burch	Aug 11, 2006
Last Changed by:	David Svoboda	May 20, 2025
Tiny Link: (useful for email)	https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/x/CtcxBQ
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SEI CERT C Coding Standard (2)     Page: FLP00-C. Understand the limitations of floating-point numbers     Page: FLP05-C. Do not use denormalized numbers

SEI CERT Oracle Coding Standard for Java (1)     Page: NUM04-J. Do not use floating-point numbers if precise computation is required

Parent Page     Page: Rec. 05. Floating Point (FLP)

• compass/rose
• android-applicable
• rose-partial
• recommendation
• arithmetic
• flp

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    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/Polyspace+Bug…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/PVS-Studio
    https://pvs-studio.com/en/docs/warnings/v550/
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
    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.flp02…

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SEI CERT Oracle Coding Standard for Java (2)     Page: NUM04-J. Do not use floating-point numbers if precise computation is required     Home page: SEI CERT Oracle Coding Standard for Java

SEI CERT C++ Coding Standard (2)     Page: VOID FLP02-CPP. Avoid using floating point numbers when precise computation is needed     Home page: SEI CERT C++ Coding Standard