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by e12e 2341 days ago
It's hard to consider float anything, but a hack - and certainly something to keep away from discrete domains (countables).

I'm a little more curious on the suitability of using integers for money though (integer number of pennies). I suppose there are cases (and rules) concerning fractional pennies? Like in the case of percents of interests, often given by the year, accumulated[1] by the month?

[1] that's probably not the correct term in English.

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> It's hard to consider float anything, but a hack

GPU engineers might have something to say about that. Depending on the context, trading off on precision can be a valid engineering choice.