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It allows, like all encodings, a perfect representation of some subset of real numbers but not the rest. In particular it perfectly represents numbers which ar
by dmurray 4y ago
It allows, like all encodings, a perfect representation of some subset of real numbers but not the rest.
In particular it perfectly represents numbers which are commonly used in modern commerce, like 19.99 or 1.648 (the current price per litre of fuel near me). It's not great at other numbers like pi or 1/240.