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 09:33:24 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!193.251.151.101!opentransit.net!wanadoo.fr!not-for-mail From: Pascal Obry Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Floating Decimal Package/Library? Date: 16 Jul 2002 18:32:57 +0200 Organization: Home - http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pascal.obry Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: avelizy-103-1-3-65.abo.wanadoo.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: wanadoo.fr 1026837185 832 217.128.47.65 (16 Jul 2002 16:33:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@wanadoo.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: 16 Jul 2002 16:33:05 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2.90 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:27156 Date: 2002-07-16T16:33:05+00:00 List-Id: tmoran@acm.org writes: > >>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. Accounting sofware to manage my personal bank account :) Pascal. -- --|------------------------------------------------------ --| Pascal Obry Team-Ada Member --| 45, rue Gabriel Peri - 78114 Magny Les Hameaux FRANCE --|------------------------------------------------------ --| http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pascal.obry --| "The best way to travel is by means of imagination" --| --| gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net --recv-key C1082595