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[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (3 children)

"Only" using 15 digits is still pretty insane

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago

You get that level of precision in a standard "double" floating point number. So that's basically the normal level of precision you get without trying.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

M_PI in math.h is like 20 digits. I'm surprised they just don't do that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Google suggests that excel uses 15. So even college students working on any old STEM degree are probably using 15 digits.