TheCee@programming.dev to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 1 year ago

Using BigInteger and BigDecimal only?

TheCee@programming.dev to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 1 year ago

Hi!

Other than decreased performance and not using literals and operators directly, are there any other disadvantages to using BigInt and BigDecimal (in particular in Java)?

Thanks.

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Serialisation, marshalling issues and mental overhead of using compareTo

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