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: 103376,18f7f6e041b3e0bf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-08-15 11:18:19 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-out.nuthinbutnews.com!propagator-sterling!news-in.nuthinbutnews.com!news-in-sterling.newsfeed.com!newsfeed.onecall.net!chcgil2-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!news.binc.net!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Information Systems Annex was RE: Dispatching and generics - Date: 15 Aug 2002 13:18:15 -0600 Organization: LJK Software Message-ID: References: <5ee5b646.0208150126.ac9f65e@posting.google.com> <3D5BD43F.D85D3CF3@san.rr.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: eisner.encompasserve.org X-Trace: grandcanyon.binc.net 1029434627 31614 192.135.80.34 (15 Aug 2002 18:03:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@binc.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 18:03:47 +0000 (UTC) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:28066 Date: 2002-08-15T13:18:15-06:00 List-Id: In article <3D5BD43F.D85D3CF3@san.rr.com>, Darren New writes: > Robert Dewar wrote: >> Decimal floating-point would be quite useless in financial >> applications as far as I can see (COBOL does not have this > > Just out of curiousity, do people use decimal arithmetic for monetary > systems that aren't decimal? E.g., pence/shillings/pounds don't decompose > nicely into decimals to start with. They make the government change it to a decimal-based system to suit the computers. Another example besides the British one is the US Stock exchanges which formerly quoted prices in eighth of a dollar and similar fractions.