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Floating point in base 10 is already in the standard since 2008:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_floating_point
The standard is not to blame, the lack of demand for that feature is.
Most of the potential users don’t know that they can demand from their software and hardware suppliers that feature. Using it there would be less “surprises.”
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Floating point in base 10 is already in the standard since 2008:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_floating_point
The standard is not to blame, the lack of demand for that feature is.
Most of the potential users don’t know that they can demand from their software and hardware suppliers that feature. Using it there would be less “surprises.”