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0 pointsqwerty4561276y ago0 comments

Why doesn't everybody do it this way then? We would probably have a transparent built-in decimal type in every major language by now if there were no problems with this.

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ernst_klim6y ago

> Why doesn't everybody do it this way then?

Why? Fintech uses decimal fixed-point all the way, there are libraries for them for any major language. Apps like GnuCash or ledger use them as well.

qwerty456127OP6y ago

But Java has BigDecimal in its standard library and it's soooo slow I doubt it is implemented this way.

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