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688 points samwho | 2 comments | 24 Aug 25 07:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.031s | source

1. lenkite ◴[25 Aug 25 19:07 UTC] No.45017693[source]▶

These large numbers in JS are bigger than Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER. They all loose considerable precision.

2. samwho ◴[25 Aug 25 19:14 UTC] No.45017765[source]▶

They do! Part of me wanted to go back and change the sum function to something else but in the end I figured it’s not important.

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