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> JS engines treat numbers as 53 bit signed floats Please do not use Javascript for finance applications. Just do not do it Save it for user interface element
by worik 4mo ago
> JS engines treat numbers as 53 bit signed floats
Please do not use Javascript for finance applications. Just do not do it
Save it for user interface elements and dancing whizzimagigs, where it will do less harm.
- zdragnar 4mo agoExcel does the same thing, and has been used to track money for decades. Somehow, we're all still alive.
- lxgr 4mo agoFinancial applications need user interface elements too, and doing these poorly has caused quite some [1] harm in the past... [1] https://financialregulation.linklaters.com/post/102j8af/the-citi-fat-finger-fines-and-ui-design https://financialregulation.linklaters.com/post/102j8af/the-...