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A commonly used technical term in computing that describes the use of arbitrary-precision mathematics and data types. The phrase "arbitrary-precision" denotes a machine's capability to execute numerical calculations with precision that is not constrained by memory limitations.

Contrasting outcomes when tackling a problem in node.js versus python

After tackling a challenging leetCode problem, I successfully came up with the following solution: Given d dice, each with f faces numbered from 1 to f, determine the number of possible ways (modulo 10^9 + 7) to roll the dice so the sum of the face up nu ...

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A method for performing precise division on numbers in JavaScript, allowing for a specific precision level (such as 28 decimal places)

I've searched extensively for a library that can handle division operations with more than 19 decimal places, but to no avail. Despite trying popular libraries like exact-math, decimal.js, and bignumber.js, I have not found a solution. How would you appro ...

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