[Python-ideas] Python Float Update
Mark Lawrence
breamoreboy at yahoo.co.uk
Thu Jun 4 00:23:17 CEST 2015
On 03/06/2015 23:18, u8y7541 The Awesome Person wrote:
>> I'm going to show a few examples of how Decimals violate the fundamental
>> laws of mathematics just as floats do.
>
> Decimal is also uses sign and mantissa, except it's Base 10. I think
> Decimal should use numerators and denominators, because they are more
> accurate. That's why even Decimal defies the laws of mathematics.
>
> -Surya Subbarao
Defying the laws of mathematics isn't a key issue here as practicality
beats purity. Try beating the laws of the BDFL and the core devs and
it's the Comfy Chair, terribly sorry and all that.
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Mark Lawrence
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