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Next, people will want 128-bit/128 bit rational arithmetic for money. Then fractions will work right.

jorangreef on Sept 19, 2023 [–]

cf. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37573939

(TLDR: It's the 10^10 precision in trading systems that gets you.)

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