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 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news.ecp.fr!news.jacob-sparre.dk!loke.jacob-sparre.dk!pnx.dk!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Jacob Sparre Andersen Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ichbiah's Letter Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 23:36:07 +0100 Organization: Jacob Sparre Andersen Research & Innovation Message-ID: <87a94iv4q0.fsf@adaheads.sparre-andersen.dk> References: <87mw8ivlr4.fsf@adaheads.sparre-andersen.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.56.102.145 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: loke.gir.dk 1414362967 24662 151.56.102.145 (26 Oct 2014 22:36:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@jacob-sparre.dk NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 22:36:07 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:xuXtbUHg/VmEUOQ2JkNN1Y8PHXw= Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:22790 Date: 2014-10-26T23:36:07+01:00 List-Id: Simon Clubley wrote: > On 2014-10-26, Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote: >> - Decimal types: >> >> Okay. - One place where I must admit that I only know of example >> sources using this. > > Can I assume you have never done any accounting work ? Given my claim, it could be true. Now that you pose the question, I do actually have a single (simple) business use application using decimal types. Most of the accounting work I've done has been in PL/SQL. But right now I can't remember if we had access to decimal types there. Greetings, Jacob -- "We will be restoring normality as soon as we are sure what is normal anyway."