How does the Number Class compare with C++s built-in numeric types?
Thanks to Base One’s design based on operator overloading, using the Number Class is virtually identical to using built-in C++ number types. The usual arithmetic operators, assignment statements, parameter passing, etc. work with Number Class variables just as they work with standard C++ numbers. And because of Reference Counting, the overhead of using the Number Class is comparable to that of standard C++ data types, so it can be used freely without having to be conscious that it is a user-defined C++ class. But the Number Class has significant advantages over native C++ number types due to these fundamental differences: binary vs decimal floating point representations It is commonly known that some simple fractions, like 1/3, can not be exactly represented in decimal notation. Depending on the choice of base, there will always be certain fractions that can only be represented by an infinitely repeating series of digits to the right of the decimal point. Because C++ number types use a
