alda, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) PHP double precision floats for financial calculations — yes or no?
PHP double precision floats for financial calculations — yes or no?
cabbey, 1 month ago @alda I kinda want to know where the dozen or so folks that voted yes work, so I know where to avoid doing business.
@alda I kinda want to know where the dozen or so folks that voted yes work, so I know where to avoid doing business.
alda, 1 month ago @cabbey I sure as hell hope you realise that Excel and other spreadsheets use double precision floats for financial calculations — which means that either we're all fucked or that using double precision floats for this purpose is just fine.
@cabbey I sure as hell hope you realise that Excel and other spreadsheets use double precision floats for financial calculations — which means that either we're all fucked or that using double precision floats for this purpose is just fine.
weddige, 1 month ago @alda what's the alternative? Teaching programmers about numerical stability?
@alda what's the alternative? Teaching programmers about numerical stability?
alda, 1 month ago @weddige requiring a library/extension that is not installed by default in a WordPress plugin that's not just for internal use.
@weddige requiring a library/extension that is not installed by default in a WordPress plugin that's not just for internal use.
weddige, 1 month ago @alda Would dynamically using either Decimal (if available) or double (as a fallback) be an option?
@alda Would dynamically using either Decimal (if available) or double (as a fallback) be an option?
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