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minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoI generally interpret “decimal” to mean “real numbers” in the context of computer science rather than “base 10 numbers”. But yes, of course you can implement floating point in base 10, that’s what scientific notation is!
I generally interpret “decimal” to mean “real numbers” in the context of computer science rather than “base 10 numbers”. But yes, of course you can implement floating point in base 10, that’s what scientific notation is!