Re^8: Anyone with XS experience willing to create a high performance data type for Perl?

I'm not sure it even makes sense to talk about absolute orders of magnitude. There is no origin on a logarithmic scale.

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Re^9: Anyone with XS experience willing to create a high performance data type for Perl? by talexb (Chancellor) on Nov 15, 2021 at 17:25 UTC
To me, the order of magnitude answers the question "What's the exponent?". For 99, the exponent's 1; for 100, the exponent's 2. That's it. Alex / talexb / Toronto Thanks PJ. We owe you so much. Groklaw -- RIP -- 2003 to 2013.	[reply]
Re^10: Anyone with XS experience willing to create a high performance data type for Perl? by jdporter (Paladin) on Nov 15, 2021 at 19:07 UTC
That's a bit of a problem, assuming you're talking about scientific notation. 99 is 9.9e1, 100 is 1e2, yet they're the same order of magnitude. Taking the log₁₀ of the number is better.	[reply]