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Big Decimals: Stop Using Floats or Cents for Money
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this post was submitted on 24 Sep 2025
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As you said, better use integers. And that's exactly what is done at this point.
Indeed, but there's no need to shit on people using floats because in almost all cases they are fine too.
Where the heck did I "shit on people using floats"?