One of the most frustrating pieces of code I had to deal with at my most recent job had a floating point issue on the servers. Except this was unacceptable, etc. etc.
It is amazing how many lines of code it can take to get around such a thing in perl. :p
This is me pasting in said doggerel here, in the event the original post goes away.O arbitrary BCD, sometimes still I pine for thee, Eighty digits, ninety-four, all you'll ever need and more, Slow as hell, I must admit, But at least there, your numbers fit!
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One of the most frustrating pieces of code I had to deal with at my most recent job had a floating point issue on the servers. Except this was unacceptable, etc. etc.
It is amazing how many lines of code it can take to get around such a thing in perl. :p
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O arbitrary BCD, sometimes still I pine for thee,
Eighty digits, ninety-four, all you'll ever need and more,
Slow as hell, I must admit,
But at least there, your numbers fit!