Konstantin Osipov wrote:
* 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.
You better give an example. Good luck. I think you will find that
123.45 can be represented as 12,345 with a decimal scale of 2.
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