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Thanks for the links. It all seems like excuses.
by laynetrain 9y ago
Thanks for the links. It all seems like excuses.
- smt88 9y agoYeah, you're right. Computer scientists are whiny little babies who can't sit down and work hard enough to overcome the laws of mathematics. What a bunch of losers, focusing on designing programming languages instead of defying natural laws. And you know what, why haven't they invented human-level AI yet? Are they just that lazy? Don't even get me started on chemists... too lazy and stupid to learn a simple method to turn iron into gold.
- laynetrain 9y agoAnd we can't even time travel or leave the galaxy yet (◔_◔). C'mon scientists. https://www.google.com/#safe=off&q=2*3.18 https://www.google.com/#safe=off&q=2*3.18
- cratermoon 9y agoDid you mean http://www.geteasysolution.com/pi*2=3.18 http://www.geteasysolution.com/pi*2=3.18
- kazinator 9y agoOne person's "excuses" may be another's "set of rationalizations for a collection of engineering requirements that aren't ideal in every dimension".
- Gibbon1 9y agoWhen I've brought this up it's pretty obvious that while their were historical reasons behind it, not it because of cargo cult ideas of how numeric variables should work. In any higher level language the default numeric variable should be an algebraic decimal float, not a binary int or float. Doesn't mean ints and floats shouldn't exist, but they shouldn't be the default. Meaning when a programmer writes number x = 2/3; number should equal 2/3. Not an approximation of 2/3.