From: Brian Candler <b.candler@...>
Date: 2009-12-17T03:51:44+09:00
Subject: Re: BigDecimal and BigMath

Brandon Olivares wrote:
> I am developing an application that requires very large numbers, so I am
> using BigDecimal.

Floats can handle pretty large numbers, too:

irb(main):009:0> 2.0 ** 1000
=> 1.07150860718627e+301

It's more a question of how much precision you need.
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