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Floating point arithmetics (eviltoast.org)

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[–] KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

There is also Decimal floating-point arithmetic which has a larger range and better memory safety. Java, C#, Python, Ruby, etc. have built in support for it via Decimal.

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago

Banks and big companies have to worry about round-off and fractions of a penny, so Decimal is a better solution for them. But the great unwashed like you and me will never have to worry about that, so either works.