>
> How will the new numeric type appear in Perl? Will it be a string or
> what?
Should be a string - or is Perl capable of handling numbers
with hundreds of digits before and after the decimal point
(ALL SIGNIFICANT)?
AFAIK, only tools like bc(1) or when using some arbitrary
precision packages from inside an application (where numbers
are usually handled as strings for I/O) can operate correctly
on such precise things.
Jan
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