On 12/21/2011 12:29 PM, Tim wrote: > That's floating point for you, and most traditional languages use that > by default. If you want exact calculations, you have to use a library > specifically designed for them, or use a language which does exact > calculations by default.
Back in the late '70s and early '80s I wrote programs for small businesses with a version of Turbo Pascal that used binary coded decimal for math. What languages use that, or something giving non-floating point results these days? -- Regards, Dick Steffens _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
