orhtej2@eviltoast.org to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 2 days agoFloating point arithmeticseviltoast.orgimagemessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1746arrow-down15
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minus-squareGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up16·edit-22 days 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-up11·2 days agoYou can also have a type which does it. Raku has a Rational type for this.
minus-squareKacarott@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoPython has the Fraction type, and there are many more
minus-squaredontsayaword@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days 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.