[Python-Dev] Re: Decimal type question [Prothon] (original) (raw)
Raymond Hettinger python at rcn.com
Mon Aug 9 05:03:40 CEST 2004
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I am more interested now in hearing about people's feelings on the idea of having the Decimal type "in-between" Int and Float. Assume a decent Decimal implementation is used.
FWIW, Lua used floating point for everything. With integers upto 53 bits being represented exactly, everything works out fine. Plus is has a nice side effect of simplifying the language and underlying code.
Raymond
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