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Re:Rust: 128 bit integers preparing to be released by wtallis on Sunday December 04, 2016 @02:20AM (#13099137)
The sum of the whole planet's annual GDPs, expressed as US dollars with a precision of cents, requires about 53 bits. Choose a smaller unit or start considering long time spans, and you can easily get uncomfortably close to overflow.
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Re:Rust: 128 bit integers preparing to be released by leereeves on Sunday December 04, 2016 @09:20AM (#13100057)
Why would you express GDPs, which are estimated to an accuracy of millions of US dollars, with a precision of US cents?
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