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stephan@pcrm.win.tue.nl () writes:

> COBOL has lots of interesting numerical types, such as fixed-precision
> decimal numbers. Very useful for counting beans.

Well, fixed point decimal numbers are extremely useful, and many
people actually need them.  Just try to implement the ECB currency
conversion guidelines in a language without fixed-point decimal
support, and you'll see what I mean.

Just my EUR .0000010100011110101110000101000111101011100001...