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But the number in the article is to 15 decimal places. Pointing out that that precision comes from the size of the modern double-precision floating point repres
by ivanbakel 6y ago
But the number in the article is to 15 decimal places. Pointing out that that precision comes from the size of the modern double-precision floating point representation doesn't really answer why that representation is enough.
- CydeWeys 6y agoIt's a fair point. They would use more decimal places than that if it were necessary, regardless of whatever a double-precision floating point does. Since it's not necessary, the double is adequate (and already widely available by default across programming languages and system architectures).