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It's stuff that should be a part of very beginning of any CS101. Float arithmetics != Decimal arithmetics
by ayush--s 10y ago
It's stuff that should be a part of very beginning of any CS101. Float arithmetics != Decimal arithmetics
- derpadelt 10y agoIt is.
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- gnarbarian 10y agoOnly if you're trying to scare the newbies away. This stuff does need to be learned at some point but cs101 should be about getting a feel for programming in general. Focusing on the basics of objects/classes functions (with mandatory source control) is smart before killing their will to learn with nasty edge cases
- jonsen 10y agoI don't think fumbling around in a trial and error manner is the best start. The basic data types and the set of values they can represent should come early.