On Tuesday, October 20, 2020, Andreas Joseph Krogh <
andreas@visena.com> wrote:
On Tuesday, October 20, 2020, Andreas Joseph Krogh <andreas@visena.com> wrote: there should, IMO, be a big fat warning "Don't use the float datatype, at all" somewhere.
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David J.
Many, at least non-programmers, expect computers to act like calculators when it comes to numbers and arithmetic operations, and I can't blame them.
Our target audience here is programmers so while I agree with the observation I don’t see its relevance. Programming computers and using numbers means at some point you need to be at least aware of floating point dynamics and choose appropriate data types.
David J.
