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Re:SVG passthrough precision by a9h74j on Monday April 18, 2022 @08:33PM (#31078494)
You might enjoy this proposal for DEC64:

https://www.crockford.com/dec64.html

IMHO it would be nice to see it used in larger-integer-presenting domains: with some limitations, accounting; interpreters where you want 0.1 + 0.2 == 0.3; anywhere there are measurements with units, and factor-of-ten scaling of finite digits is helpful; anywhere you want the simplicity of a single number-type and number-builder; possibly where you want to reserve some exponents for giving language keywords orthogonal number representations.

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