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| From | Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> |
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| Subject | Re: IE and IEE 754 |
| Date | Wed, 27 Aug 2014 23:59:42 +0100 |
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"Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> writes: > Evertjan. wrote: <snip> >> If you are a sticker for correctness and these are monitary values, >> like $ or [euro-sign], use integer cent values in variables, and >> write decimals with string manupulation. > > Are you suggesting that storing $123.45 as 12345 is better than storing > it as 123.45? As ECMAScript implementations typically have no integer > type, there is no difference regarding the precision of further > calculations. 12345 can be represented exactly in binary floating point (given enough bits, and we certainly have that) whereas 123.45 can't be. Whether this matters (and how much) depends on what calculations you go on to do, but I would call that a difference in precision from the get go. -- Ben.
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IE and IEE 754 RobG <rgqld@iinet.net.au> - 2014-08-27 22:44 +1000
Re: IE and IEEE 754 John Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2014-08-27 15:23 +0100
IE and IEEE 754 (was: IE and IEE 754) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-08-27 20:59 +0200
Re: IE and IEE 754 "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-08-27 22:04 +0200
Re: IE and IEE 754 "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-08-27 22:35 +0200
Re: IE and IEE 754 "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-08-28 00:07 +0200
Re: IE and IEE 754 "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-08-28 00:47 +0200
Re: IE and IEE 754 Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2014-08-28 10:13 -0700
Re: IE and IEE 754 "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-08-28 22:15 +0200
Re: IE and IEE 754 "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-08-28 23:24 +0200
Re: IE and IEE 754 "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-08-29 01:16 +0200
Re: IE and IEE 754 "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-08-29 09:32 +0200
Re: IE and IEE 754 Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-08-27 23:59 +0100
Re: IE and IEE 754 "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-08-28 02:55 +0200
Re: IE and IEE 754 "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-08-28 09:50 +0200
Re: IE and IEE 754 Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-08-28 12:21 +0200
Re: IE and IEE 754 "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-08-28 13:42 +0200
Re: IE and IEE 754 Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-08-28 11:27 +0100
Re: IE and IEE 754 Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2014-08-28 10:16 -0700
Re: IE and IEE 754 Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-08-29 00:04 +0100
Re: IE and IEE 754 Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2014-08-29 11:15 -0700
IEEE 754 (was: IE and IEE 754) "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-08-29 21:30 +0200
Re: IEEE 754 (was: IE and IEE 754) Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2014-09-02 11:22 -0700
Re: IE and IEE 754 Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-08-29 20:42 +0100
IEEE 754 (was: IE and IEE 754) "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-08-29 23:29 +0200
Re: IEEE 754 Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-08-29 23:27 +0100
Re: IE and IEE 754 Dr J R Stockton <reply1400@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2014-08-30 20:32 +0100
Re: IE and IEE 754 Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-08-31 01:04 +0100
IE and IEEE 754 Dr J R Stockton <reply1400@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2014-09-01 23:05 +0100
Re: IE and IEE 754 Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-08-28 00:05 +0100
Re: IE and IEE 754 "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-08-28 08:56 +0200
Re: IE and IEE 754 "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-08-28 09:51 +0200
Re: IE and IEE 754 Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-08-28 11:16 +0100
Re: IE and IEE 754 "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-08-28 13:34 +0200
Re: IE and IEE 754 Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-08-28 23:41 +0100
Re: IE and IEE 754 "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-08-29 09:09 +0200
Re: IE and IEE 754 Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-08-29 12:39 +0100
Re: IE and IEE 754 "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-08-29 16:55 +0200
Re: IE and IEE 754 Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-08-29 18:28 +0100
Re: IE and IEE 754 "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-08-30 00:37 +0200
Re: IE and IEE 754 Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-08-29 23:53 +0100
Re: IE and IEE 754 "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-08-30 01:08 +0200
Re: IE and IEE 754 Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-08-30 00:40 +0100
Re: IE and IEE 754 "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-08-30 09:32 +0200
Re: IE and IEE 754 Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2014-08-29 11:22 -0700
Re: IE and IEE 754 "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-08-30 00:14 +0200
IE and IEEE 754 (was: IE and IEE 754) "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-08-27 22:08 +0200
Re: IE and IEEE 754 RobG <rgqld@iinet.net.au> - 2014-08-28 22:50 +1000
Re: IE and IEEE 754 RobG <rgqld@iinet.net.au> - 2014-08-28 22:55 +1000
Re: IE and IEEE 754 (was: IE and IEE 754) Dr J R Stockton <reply1400@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2014-08-28 21:50 +0100
Re: IE and IEEE 754 (was: IE and IEE 754) "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-08-29 09:43 +0200
Re: IE and IEEE 754 (was: IE and IEE 754) Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-08-29 08:42 +0000
Re: IE and IEEE 754 Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-08-30 16:24 +0200
Re: IE and IEEE 754 "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-08-30 17:08 +0200
Re: IE and IEEE 754 Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-08-30 18:12 +0200
Re: IE and IEEE 754 "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-08-30 18:32 +0200
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