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minus-squareAmju Wolf@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoAs someone who has implemented shopping carts, invoicing solutions and banking transactions I can assure you floats will be extremely painful for you. A huge benefit of big decimals is that they don’t allow you to make a mistake (as easily) as floats where imprecision just “creeps in”.
As someone who has implemented shopping carts, invoicing solutions and banking transactions I can assure you floats will be extremely painful for you.
A huge benefit of big decimals is that they don’t allow you to make a mistake (as easily) as floats where imprecision just “creeps in”.