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Big Decimals: Stop Using Floats or Cents for Money (medium.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Trev13@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As you said, better use integers. And that's exactly what is done at this point.

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[–] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Indeed, but there's no need to shit on people using floats because in almost all cases they are fine too.

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Where the heck did I "shit on people using floats"?

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