bigfloat

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Hello dsimcha,

> == Quote from Miles (_______ at _______.____)'s article
> 
>> superdan wrote:
>> 
>>> the fuckin' gov't debt.
>>> 
>> Funny, but as a side note, currency calculation shouldn't be done
>> with floats, but with *integers* (or fixed-precision numbers, that is
>> ultimately equivalent to integers that represent some minimal
>> fraction of the currency unit, usually cents).
>> 
> Yes, but at the rate we're going, the only reasonable way to represent
> the government debt might soon be in log space.
> 

A CS prof around here has a plot on his door. It's some African nations exchange 
rate vs. USD.

At first glance it looks exponential.
At second glance it looks super-exponential
at third glance you notice the Y-axis is log!