Add `parse_float` facilities#1

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Commits on Jul 9, 2022

First naive parse_float() attempt
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Improved, mathematical attempt, incomplete
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Some improvements for higher precisions
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Commits on Mar 27, 2023

Improving precision in exponential notation
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wip: Clean-up code and README.md
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