CasNum(github.com)
322 points by aebtebeten | 38 comments
GitHub repository for CasNum, an open-source MIT-licensed project with a casnum package, examples including a PyBoy submodule, and screenshots.
#arbitrary-precision-arithmetic on Hacker News
2 stories tagged arbitrary-precision-arithmetic, newest first.
“A calculator app? Anyone could make that”(chadnauseam.com)
1683 points by pie_flavor | 407 comments
Blog post retelling a tweet thread on why building an accurate calculator app is hard, covering precision issues like (10^100)+1-(10^100) returning 0.