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Bug#752955: ITP: node-keese -- arbitrary-precision floats encoded as strings in javascript



Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Andrew Kelley <superjoe30@gmail.com>
X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org

* Package name    : node-keese
  Version         : 1.0.0
  Upstream Author : Josh Wolfe <thejoshwolfe@gmail.com>
* URL             : https://github.com/thejoshwolfe/node-keese
* License         : BSD
  Programming Lang: _javascript_
  Description     : arbitrary-precision floats encoded as strings in _javascript_ - Node.js module

 keese is a Node.js module that generates well-ordered values, appropriate for
 use as sorting keys.
 .
 keese can always generate a bigger value, a smaller value, and a value
 between two other values. This is trivial using numbers with x+1, x-1, and
 (x+y)/2 respectively. However, numbers have limited precision in _javascript_
 (see below), so instead keese uses strings.
 .
 The string values are comparable with the builtin comparison operators (such
 as <), and keese can always generate a new value that satisfies the
 constraints (limited only by system resources).
 .
 Node.js is an event-based server-side _javascript_ engine.


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