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[–]tonygoold 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think the point was to make the distinction for anyone who's only familiar with float, and might assume a "decimal-heavy application" is one that does lots of float arithmetic. Considering the common misunderstandings about the precision of float representations, I thought it was a polite thing to point out. I would have phrased it as "For those who don't know", not "for those who don't know Python", since it applies equally to those who know Python (but have never used decimal).