On Fri, 07 Jul 2000, Buddha Buck wrote:
> I am concerned about "commodities" that differ by simple scaling factors.
>
> Are "1/100 Dollars" and "1/64 Dollars" considered the same "commodity" or
> different "commodities"? Should they be comparable? Should they use the
> same dispatched printing routine?
>
> On the one hand, we are dealing with "dollars" and "dollars" here, not
> "apples" and "oranges". That we are using different granulations doesn't
> change that.
>
> On the other hand, we are dealing with "cents" and "sixtyfourths", which
> -are- "apples" and "oranges" (or one could make a case for "McIntosh" and
> "Granny Smith", I suppose).
I think that we MUST take the "apples" and "oranges" approach.
Otherwise, what is the balance in the "fruit basket"?
Receive $3/64
Receive $0.02
Spend $1/64
What is the balance?
It's value is a little more than $3/64
and a little more than $0.05
But we must be exact.
The balance is exactly $0.02 + $2/64 which we might print as $0.02 + $1/32
It is also of the same exact value as $0.05125
But those are "bananas".
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