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=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7cda96e9413b780c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-07-16 00:02:07 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!207.115.63.138!newscon04.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr14.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!3bae8248!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: RE: Floating Decimal Package/Library? References: X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.118.0.182 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr14.news.prodigy.com 1026802912 ST000 67.118.0.182 (Tue, 16 Jul 2002 03:01:52 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 03:01:52 EDT Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com X-UserInfo1: T[O[SX[DGJVOBFD[LZKJOPHAWB\^PBQLGPQRJWQHBATBTSUBYFWEAE[YJLYPIWKHTFCMZKVMB^[Z^DOBRVVMOSPFHNSYXVDIE@X\BUC@GTSX@DL^GKFFHQCCE\G[JJBMYDYIJCZM@AY]GNGPJD]YNNW\GSX^GSCKHA[]@CCB\[@LATPD\L@J\\PF]VR[QPJN Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 07:01:52 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:27132 Date: 2002-07-16T07:01:52+00:00 List-Id: >>When doing financial software, you become very interested >If the static requirement of Package decimal could be simply circumvented What kind of financial software needs more than 18 decimal digits? 18 digits allows 9,999 trillion dollars to one cent precision.