13.11.2016 17:40, Dmitry Yemanov wrote:
> I do see the difference with REAL but I'm asking for a difference with
> NUMERIC backed by int32/int64.

   Most of compilers nowadays support int128 as well directly or via intrinsic. 
I would 
guess that to expand current arithmetic to int128 is simpler task that 
inventing a 
completely new datatype.


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