From: AdaMagica <christ-usch.grein@t-online.de>
Subject: Re: A curiosity about decimal fixed point types...
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 11:58:04 -0800 (PST)
Date: 2013-11-11T11:58:04-08:00 [thread overview]
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Look at
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ada_Programming/Types/delta
for a description of the differences between ordinary and decimal fixed point arithmetics.
Decimal has precise rules like Cobol (needed for currency), whereas ordinary is less precise.
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2013-11-11 15:04 A curiosity about decimal fixed point types mockturtle
2013-11-11 17:06 ` Mike H
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2013-11-11 19:58 ` AdaMagica [this message]
2013-11-12 12:31 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2013-11-14 13:12 ` Marius Amado-Alves
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