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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Can this program be improved?
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Kaz Kylheku <480-992-1380@kylheku.com> writes:
> On 2021-12-30, Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> wrote:
[...]
>> But it can mean dealing with thousands of dollars to the exact cent --
>> and if you get a result of $1234.565001 and round it to $1234.57, when
>
> You cannot get a result of $1234.565... by only additive and subtractive
> transactions, such as recording expenses in a ledger whose
> denomination is pennies!

I didn't say otherwise.

[...]

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
Working, but not speaking, for Philips
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */