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Wait, there are finance applications that don't forbid floating point numbers ??
by BlueTemplar 7y ago
Wait, there are finance applications that don't forbid floating point numbers ??
- zimbu668 7y agoFixed point arithmetic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed-point_arithmetic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed-point_arithmetic
- fowl2 7y agoI'd like you to meet my friend "Excel"...
- BlueTemplar 7y agoI mean for professional applications, not amateur stuff.
- Dylan16807 7y agoExcel is used for very very expensive professional tasks.
- Zarel 7y agoThey're talking about decimal numbers as a different thing from floating point numbers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal#Decimal_computation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal#Decimal_computation