On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 at 14:47:39, Jerome Grimbert wrote:
(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
} >Monetary calculations normally only require the four basic operations, add,
} >subtract, multiply and divide.
} Surely two only - addition and subtraction?
} Multiplication and division are shorthand for addition/subtraction in
} my book.
}
} .... or am I being too simplistic.
Well, account balancing only need addition, and a reset once a year.
True - subtraction is only addition with a change of sign (8-)#
Now, if you are into loan and such interest rate,
a power operator might be useful.
.. but even that is addition.
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