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microgptlast Saturday at 3:29 PM1 replyview on HN

idk, why would you store integers as ASCII strings? It's somewhat less efficient.


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lxgrlast Saturday at 4:05 PM

Because it's much more explicit. Computers are fast, engineering is expensive. You usually never want to optimize prematurely when dealing with monetary amounts.

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