Inductor to Programmer Humor@programming.dev • 10 months ago0.30000000000000004feddit.deimagemessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1444
arrow-up1444image0.30000000000000004feddit.deInductor to Programmer Humor@programming.dev • 10 months agomessage-square55fedilink
minus-squarejanAkalilinkEnglish20•edit-210 months agoMost languages have decimal libraries to correctly handle floating point arithmetics, where precision is necessary.
minus-square@Slotos@feddit.nllinkfedilink1•9 months agoThey are as incapable of handling one third of a dollar as binary positional notation is incapable of handling one fifth (0.2). It’s not really a float problem. It’s a positional notation one. Some perfectly rational numbers refuse to squeeze into that mold.
minus-square@szczuroarturo@programming.devlinkfedilink1•9 months agoAlso decimal system is not exatcly that much better since you also cant write 1/3 in decimal
Most languages have decimal libraries to correctly handle floating point arithmetics, where precision is necessary.
They are as incapable of handling one third of a dollar as binary positional notation is incapable of handling one fifth (0.2).
It’s not really a float problem. It’s a positional notation one. Some perfectly rational numbers refuse to squeeze into that mold.
Also decimal system is not exatcly that much better since you also cant write 1/3 in decimal