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You realize that decimal rounding has the literal exact same type of problems as binary rounding right? It’s literally just a different base.
by esoterica 4y ago
You realize that decimal rounding has the literal exact same type of problems as binary rounding right? It’s literally just a different base.
- int_19h 4y agoI do realize that. The point is that humans are familiar with the typical manifestations of those problems in decimal representation, because that's what we use day to day. Every kid who had a calculator to play with while they were bored knows what 1/3 does. They also know that 0.1 + 0.2 gives exactly 0.3. The problem isn't binary itself, even. It's that our tools pretend that it's decimal, misleading people. If it looks like decimal, it should behave as one by default.