On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 9:37 AM, Shelby Martin <shelby.mar...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Thank you for your replies. I suspect the solution is a bit more advanced > than where I'm at now, which is chapter 2 of a beginner's book. > Probably because talking about the gory details would completely derail the conversation, as I did. :P My apologies. > Not sure why the author chose to use examples using money calculations > when other calculations that don't need rounding would have sufficed. I > will have to revisit this issue when I'm further along. > I think it's fine to do it when you're learning the language. Just be aware of it, and you should be ok. Related: I saw a picture the other day on Google+ of an mailing envelope whose zip code was written in scientific notation. By computer, of course. Wish I could find it again... Knowing the appropriate representations for data is something you'll pick up as you learn a programming language. Good luck!
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