Decimal string to floating point conversion with correct half-to-even rounding

[Guillaume Piolat]

On Tuesday, 7 July 2020 at 07:49:02 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> That's right, it's not about the licensing. It's that the DLF 
> should control the code it distributes.
>
> Businesses will not want to commit to a balkanized project.
>

 From a business point of view, having slightly more correct 
string to float conversion holds very little value. I'll stick 
with sscanf thanks...