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From: jerry@jvdsys.stuyts.nl
Subject: Re: Ada and Java. different behaviour. casting long to int problem.
Date: 1999/06/16
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Richard D Riehle <laoXhai@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

: Actually, U.S. banks do not use fixed point arithmetic.  They use
: decimal arithmetic.

Must be an ocupational hazzerd, since I keep doing this... When I use the
term fixed point in relation to either Ada or COBOL, I always mean decimal
fixed point. Sorry.

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