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Panel 1: Bilbo Baggins ponders, “After all… why should I care about the difference between int and String?

Panel 2: Bilbo Baggins is revealed to be an API developer. He continues, “JSON is always String, anyways…”

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

try to stick with integers in a currency’s smallest unit of division

And then the marketing department comes up with products that cost 1.5ct apiece.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Oh yeah, and some things like petrol are calculated to fractions of a cent as well