When a Python developer converts an integer to a float, the runtime creates a new float…
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When a Python developer converts an integer to a float, the runtime creates a new float object. When a C programmer wants to interpret the exact same 4 bytes as a float, they can just copy the bits and let IEEE 754 do the rest.
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