From: Bharadwaj Srigiriraju <lists@...>
Date: 2013-03-20T23:10:20+09:00
Subject: Re: Why was the object_id for true and nil changed in ruby2.0?

Hans Mackowiak wrote in post #1102392:
> your question was already answered at stackoverflow:
>
>>> Seems to be something to do with “flonums” – a technique for speeding up
> floating point calculations on 64-bit:
> github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/v2_0_0_0/include/ruby/ruby.h#L383-431 and
> ruby-forum.com/topic/4404164.

I have tried to read it, but the presentations given in that link are 
written in Japanese, and I couldn't understand what Flonums are why they 
are implemented.

Know any place where I can read them in English to understand why it was 
changed?

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