Extraneous zeros on prices...

[JayBee]

Are you annoyed with the extraneous zero on a price such as 10.0 or 1000.0?

For a graphical application it looks so much better if the extraneous zeros are removed.

Of course, the code to do so is taking up CPU time that can be better used for calculating metrics.

I asked Betfair to remove the extraneous zeros and they said no and asked, "What is the overhead?"

Isn't it obvious? Any wasted CPU time is bad.

[AlgoTrader]

Do you really aware how https cryptography is expensive? You care of real trifles comparing to really expensive stuff.

Cutting .0 or .00 is the least important problem I ever saw here

[JayBee]

Do you really aware how https cryptography is expensive? You care of real trifles comparing to really expensive stuff.

Cutting .0 or .00 is the least important problem I ever saw here

CPU cycles are CPU cycles and multiplied over thousands of calls add up to significant time.

Every second counts.

[AlgoTrader]

If every cycle count, then we should stop using languages like C#/Java as they have garbage collector that is really expensive. We should stop using scripting languages like Python, JavaScript, Perl as they are interpreters or JIT compilers.

The optimal is FPGA/ASIC, like bitcoin miners use. Assembly is not so good, but also much better. As to me, development time is much more expensive. CPU is cheap, my time is invaluable.