Real valued variable

Suppose that a software developer decides to use a real-valued variable to represent the number of printers connected to a computer. why this is a bad idea?

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18th Jun 2019, 5:12 PM

Vrushti Patel

2 Answers

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Well, if you're writiting JavaScript, this is what you are doing. Otherwise, it's just silly. If you have a small number of printers it can work, but I'd always fear the equality operator.

18th Jun 2019, 5:19 PM

Vlad Serbu