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		mikeash on April 13, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: '9223372036854775807' == '9223372036854775808' Sure there is such a thing. 0.25 can be precisely converted to float. You're right that such a thing would fail a lot, but that doesn't mean the goal is impossible, merely that achieving it is not very useful.

fffggg on April 14, 2012 [–]

I did not say it was "impossible," I said it would be "utterly unusable."

I am happy to see you agree with me.

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