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Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:31:07 +0100
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Martin wrote:

> Surely you mean " Define your own floating-point type such that its
> accuracy requirements are met"? e.g.
> 

When interfacing to VB, the accuracy is usually determined
by "Get Something Done 'Quickly, easy to use, no useless complexity";
a most likely issue is being able to choose either one of the two
(yes, two) floating point data types. You find the two FPT types
used in SQL-RDB tables and almost everywhere else. There has
to be a good, affordable reason to put more effort into FPT.
Not much use for more accuracy in a VB programming setting, or when
accuracy-aware computing can be outsourced to the Ada programmer.