Re: [Re: RPGILE V4.3 Gotcha]

[Raul Jager <raul@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Floating point makes a lot of thing easier, BUT, even with 17 digits you
can get very naughty surprises in some calculations.  I belive that for
comercial purposes, where we deal with accountants that  "count" and do
not "measure", then fixed point arithmetic is the proper tool.
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boldt@ca.ibm.com wrote:
> 
> Eric wrote:
> >Again you would be better served by using floating point numbers in this
> >situation (That is why your calculator is floating point) at the end you can
> >resolve it to a fixed point number by a simple rounding operation.
> 
> I would be very leery about recommending the use of floating
> point, especially when dollar amounts are involved.  There
> are the the concerns with rounding to get proper answers,
> along with the limit of 16-17 digits maximum precision.
<snip>
-- 
  Raul A. Jager W.
Asuncion - Paraguay

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