> It is nonetheless a good point that the discussion switches to: where
> should we use Float and where should we use ScaledDecimal.
> I did not decide to use Float for representing 1.3, it was there at
> the origin. Even st80 did not have ScaledDecimal.
> You see, my change is very good after all because half of our highly
> educated users are surprised to re-discover (13/10) ~= 1.3e0 :)

indeed I'm one and I would like the language interface to help him not  
forgetting that :)

> The next step will be to change ScaledDecimal ugly specifications,
> because no one will be satisfied very long with 0.5s*0.5s -> 0.3s.
>
> Nicolas


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