From: Brandon Olivares <programmer2188@...>
Date: 2009-12-17T05:16:48+09:00
Subject: Re: BigDecimal and BigMath

On 2009-12-16, Brian Candler wrote:
> 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.

Agreed, but these numbers will be used in calculations, so I feel a bit more comfortable with BigDecimal.

The precision I need varies. It'll use a lot of trig, and those should be as exact as possible.

Brandon

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