From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.58.94.77 with SMTP id da13mr9843358veb.1.1384182253127; Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:04:13 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.49.131.167 with SMTP id on7mr35014qeb.20.1384182253066; Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:04:13 -0800 (PST) Path: border1.nntp.dca3.giganews.com!backlog3.nntp.dca3.giganews.com!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!o2no29714149qas.0!news-out.google.com!9ni19861qaf.0!nntp.google.com!i2no20738415qav.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:04:12 -0800 (PST) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=158.110.27.77; posting-account=9fwclgkAAAD6oQ5usUYhee1l39geVY99 NNTP-Posting-Host: 158.110.27.77 User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <7d4f2e0c-0aed-4ba3-aa5a-0c2bc0c2c5a0@googlegroups.com> Subject: A curiosity about decimal fixed point types... From: mockturtle Injection-Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 15:04:13 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Original-Bytes: 1458 Xref: number.nntp.dca.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:183815 Date: 2013-11-11T07:04:12-08:00 List-Id: Dear all, just a silly curiosity about decimal fixed point types, e.g., type Euro is delta 0.01 digits 20; -- Would be 20 enough? :-) Are they currently used? Where? Since most of the examples are about money (mine and RM's) included, I guess that they were thought for financial applications, but I am unsure if nowadays financial software uses this type of types or just floating point. Best regards Riccardo