On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 11:36 AM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes: >> On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 11:26 AM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: >>> The next time somebody proposes that we can get exact results out of >>> floating-point arithmetic, I'm going to run away screaming. > >> And you wonder why I avoid floating point variables like the plague...! > > Float variables are fine for their intended use-case. The problem is > with trying to guarantee identical results across all platforms.
Yeah, yeah... :-) -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
