Comment by thaumasiotes
1 year ago
> Financial code needs to use integer math for everything. Floating point and 'decimals' lead to unexpected results.
Decimals are integers. There's no difference between integer math and decimal math, only in the meaning of the bit pattern afterwards.
> Decimals are integers
No, most decimal types are decimal floating-point. (So, sure, technically redundant, but a lot of people say "floating point" to mean IEEE 754 specifically, even if that's technically incorrect).