You'll definitely have to throw it away at some point.
replyThe art is in making those points well-defined and rare enough to not cause large discrepancies, but frequent enough to avoid ballooning arbitrary-precision numbers across databases and services that might not be able to handle them.
I really like that phrasing!
Would you mind if I steal in some form if I decide to review this part of the book?
replyNot at all, and thanks for writing all of this up!
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