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Re^6: bigint == horrible performance?by BrowserUk (Patriarch) |
on Nov 08, 2011 at 15:27 UTC ( [id://936812]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
The slowdown comes in (at least) three stages. Perhaps more depending upon which back-end is being used behind the bigint front of house.
I was not laying any criticisms. If you need the precision, then the costs -- whatever they are -- simply have to be paid. But using bigint 'just in case', or as a 'cure' for perceived 'inaccuracies' in floating point is the wrong way to go. With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
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