Re: Decimal Floating Point (was Re: why still use C?)

In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gene Wirchenko) writes:

>     That would be nice, too, but what if you need decimal FLOAT?

What for?  Given the intrinsic nature of floating point, if the base is
relevant to your application, then you should review the application.

If the ability of representing $3.11 *exactly* is important, simply do all
your computing in pennies and the base used by your floating point
representation no longer matters (only the precision is relevant).

Dan
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Dan Pop
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