On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 10:36 AM, Greg Reagle <greg.reagle_AT_umbc.edu> wrote:
> On 12/10/2015 12:57 PM, FRIGN wrote:
>>
>> What does the base have to do with the results?
>
>
> A lot. For instance, "Many non-integral values, such as decimal 0.2, have
> an infinite place-value representation in binary (.001100110011...) but have
> a finite place-value in binary-coded decimal (0.0010). Consequently a system
> based on binary-coded decimal representations of decimal fractions avoids
> errors representing and calculating such values." from
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary-coded_decimal#Advantages
>
Ala the famous IEEE 754 example that became popular again with JavaScript [0].
[0]
http://0.30000000000000004.com/
Received on Thu Dec 10 2015 - 19:50:12 CET