> Decimals are notoriously hairy to implement That's because the binary is implemented in hardware for you; and those days you can usually (but not always) tru

> Decimals are notoriously hairy to implement That's because the binary is implemented in hardware for you; and those days you can usually (but not always) trust the hardware to do the correct thing; if you have to implement it youself (say, deterministic, side-effect free math), it's also hairy.