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May 30, 2025 · Fundamentals
Why Floating‑Point Errors Hurt Financial Calculations and How BigDecimal Solves Them
Floating‑point numbers cannot precisely represent many decimal values, leading to cumulative errors in financial calculations, so Java’s BigDecimal class is recommended for high‑precision arithmetic to avoid such inaccuracies and ensure reliable monetary computations.
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