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That’s right. The trading desk also uses floats for analysis and regulatory reporting. Actual account balances come through an API that gives us floats, but rum
by ehvatum 7y ago
That’s right. The trading desk also uses floats for analysis and regulatory reporting. Actual account balances come through an API that gives us floats, but rumor has it that it’s backed by Hollerith a punch card library maintained by cybernetic undead, encoded in 1215-EBCDIC-BLACKTONGUE.