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minus-squareLmaydev@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoBecause ints are way smaller. Over a certain value it would always fail.
minus-squarelarvyde@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYea but at those values floating points can’t represent fractions anyway
minus-squareLmaydev@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoExactly. So if cast to int you’d either get an error or 0 for everything above a certain value.
Because ints are way smaller. Over a certain value it would always fail.
Yea but at those values floating points can’t represent fractions anyway
Exactly. So if cast to int you’d either get an error or 0 for everything above a certain value.