orhtej2@eviltoast.org to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 1 month agoFloating point arithmeticseviltoast.orgimagemessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down11
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minus-squareGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 month agoCause fractions can be figured out in context. You can store the numerators and have the denominator as a constant in the code.
minus-squareFrezik@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoYou can also have a type which does it. Raku has a Rational type for this.
minus-squareKacarott@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoPython has the Fraction type, and there are many more
minus-squaredontsayaword@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoPart of my first programming courses in the 90s in C were creating a native fraction type.
Cause fractions can be figured out in context. You can store the numerators and have the denominator as a constant in the code.
You can also have a type which does it. Raku has a Rational type for this.
Python has the Fraction type, and there are many more
Part of my first programming courses in the 90s in C were creating a native fraction type.