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Learn to code (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 day ago by alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

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[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

or whatever else has 100 pennies in

Well it'd be 8 shillings, 4 pence, in pre-decimal British currency.

[–] peto@lemm.ee 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I sometimes suspect that the push for decimalisation was in part to avoid having to teach computers the old system.

[–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 day ago

Afaik it actually was, the UK wanted to move more financial calculations to computers and it was a lot easier to use a decimal currency for that

[–] addie@feddit.uk 5 points 1 day ago

Programming a robust global date-time system and having a transparent conversation between metric and *imperial/traditional" units is just a warm-up to show that you can work with the truly demented currency system. Make sure everything is rounded off to the nearest whole ha'penny.