3 ms·Why not store them in unary then?by microgpt 4mo agoWhy not store them in unary then?lxgr 4mo agoUnary is exactly as expressive as decimal or binary for integers, but somewhat less efficient, so why would you?microgpt 4mo agoidk, why would you store integers as ASCII strings? It's somewhat less efficient.lxgr 4mo agoBecause it's much more explicit. Computers are fast, engineering is expensive. You usually never want to optimize prematurely when dealing with monetary amounts.microgpt 4mo agoEven more explicit would be a PNG of the dollar bills. I suggest that.