* Jim Starkey <[email protected]> [09/01/16 08:01]: > A more intelligent, denser, faster, and more intuitive format would use > a single vector of binary words. On a challenge from Monty (W.), I did > a relative performance measure between the Falcon decimal type and the > "server" type. The worst case (> 18 decimal digits of precision) showed > Falcon 40% faster. For anything less than 18 decimal digits of > precision, Falcon was approximately infinitely faster (Falcon uses a 64 > bit int with a decimal scale factor).
There is no precise conversion from base 2/4/8/16 representation to base 5/10 representation when you have digits after the (decimal, binary) point. That's why base 2 representation just can't be used. -- _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
