strings (dollar.cents) into floats

[Ben Finney]

Wildemar Wildenburger <lasses_weil at klapptsowieso.net> writes:

> But what use is there for floats, then? When is it OK to use them?

When one is willing to sacrifice decimal precision for speed of
calculation, and doesn't need the numbers to stay precise. E.g. when
performing millions of calculations on real-world (analogue)
measurements.

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Ben Finney