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I trust satoshi's writing more than I trust guesses about his thoughts, but that is a really fun answer.
Javascript numbers are weird, but I doubt Satoshi thought much about javascript at all. AFAIK he didn't have much experience working with it.
It's not a Javascript thing, it's a IEEE standard:
https://www.ece.unb.ca/tervo/ee6373/IEEE64.htm
I trust satoshi's writing more than I trust guesses about his thoughts, but that is a really fun answer.
Javascript numbers are weird, but I doubt Satoshi thought much about javascript at all. AFAIK he didn't have much experience working with it.