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Every number on computers is converted to binary internally, so yes this works on decimal numbers too.
by nromiun 1y ago
Every number on computers is converted to binary internally, so yes this works on decimal numbers too.
- fc417fc802 1y ago> so yes this works on decimal numbers too. Given that rounding tends to be necessary that seems extremely questionable in practice. Similar to how the equality operator in most (probably all) languages can be used with floating point numbers but in most cases that is a very bad idea.
- hyperhello 1y agoIntegers don’t have to be stored as floating point.
- fc417fc802 1y agoAnd yet a great many applications that use numbers with a decimal point will involve rounding and/or inexact matches.