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Re: BASIC is 50

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On 2014-05-07, BartC <bc@freeuk.com> wrote:
> "Rich" <rich@example.com> wrote in message
> news:53616180$0$59815$c3e8da3$e074e489@news.astraweb.com...
>> Scott Alfter <scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us> wrote:
>
>> 99.7099999999999999436561815002733055735006928443908691406250000000000000
>>
>> This is why floating point can be dangerous, and why floating point
>> should _NEVER_ ever be used to compute monetary values:
>
> Why not? Because the result might be off by a quadrillionth of a cent?
>
> Use rounding properly and it can be made to work (unless you're dealing with 
> very large amounts such as the US debt then it's a bit trickier to avoid 
> errors starting to affect the cents).

Pretty obvious you've never worked in finance or banking.


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BASIC is 50 Gordon Henderson <gordon+usenet@drogon.net> - 2014-04-30 09:34 +0000
  Re: BASIC is 50 Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-04-30 03:42 -0700
    Re: BASIC is 50 Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-04-30 10:46 +0000
      Re: BASIC is 50 Gordon Henderson <gordon+usenet@drogon.net> - 2014-04-30 12:03 +0000
  Re: BASIC is 50 Rich <rich@example.com> - 2014-04-30 11:12 +0000
    Re: BASIC is 50 scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2014-04-30 15:56 +0000
      Re: BASIC is 50 Rich <rich@example.com> - 2014-04-30 20:41 +0000
        Re: BASIC is 50 Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-04-30 18:38 -0600
          Re: BASIC is 50 Rich <rich@example.com> - 2014-05-01 02:38 +0000
            Re: BASIC is 50 Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-04-30 22:50 -0600
      Re: BASIC is 50 Rich <rich@example.com> - 2014-04-30 20:48 +0000
        Re: BASIC is 50 Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2014-05-02 09:27 +0100
          Re: BASIC is 50 Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-05-02 09:50 +0100
        Re: BASIC is 50 "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-05-07 10:48 +0100
          Re: BASIC is 50 Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-05-07 10:57 +0100
          Re: BASIC is 50 Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-05-07 11:20 +0000
            Re: BASIC is 50 "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-05-07 13:14 +0100
              Re: BASIC is 50 Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-05-07 16:05 +0300
                Re: BASIC is 50 Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-05-08 18:06 +0200
                Re: BASIC is 50 Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-05-08 20:17 +0300
              Re: BASIC is 50 "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-05-07 16:08 +0100
                Re: BASIC is 50 "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-05-07 18:38 +0100
                Re: BASIC is 50 "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-05-07 19:09 +0100
                Re: BASIC is 50 Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-05-07 19:08 +0000
              Re: BASIC is 50 greymausg@mail.com - 2014-05-08 10:15 +0000
                Re: BASIC is 50 "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-05-08 11:38 +0100
              Re: BASIC is 50 Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-05-08 17:55 +0200
          Re: BASIC is 50 Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-05-08 17:44 +0200
          Re: BASIC is 50 Rich <rich@example.com> - 2014-05-12 12:39 +0000
            Re: BASIC is 50 Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-05-12 16:06 +0300
            Re: BASIC is 50 Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-05-12 22:48 +0100
              Re: BASIC is 50 Rich <rich@example.com> - 2014-05-13 12:03 +0000
                Re: BASIC is 50 "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-05-13 13:23 +0100
                Re: BASIC is 50 Rich <rich@example.com> - 2014-05-13 16:22 +0000
                Re: BASIC is 50 "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-05-13 19:42 +0100
                Re: BASIC is 50 "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-05-13 19:49 +0100
                Re: BASIC is 50 Rich <rich@example.com> - 2014-05-14 01:09 +0000
                Re: BASIC is 50 "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-05-14 09:51 +0100
                Re: BASIC is 50 bde@besplex.bde.org (Bruce Evans) - 2014-05-14 10:36 +0000
                Re: BASIC is 50 "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-05-14 12:58 +0100
                Re: BASIC is 50 bde@besplex.bde.org (Bruce Evans) - 2014-05-14 16:13 +0000
                Re: BASIC is 50 "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-05-14 19:24 +0100
                Re: BASIC is 50 Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-05-13 15:50 +0100
    Re: BASIC is 50 Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-05-01 02:50 +0100
    Re: BASIC is 50 David Hume <David.Hume@example.com> - 2014-05-01 09:06 +0100
      Re: BASIC is 50 Gordon Henderson <gordon+usenet@drogon.net> - 2014-05-01 09:56 +0000
      Re: BASIC is 50 Rich <rich@example.com> - 2014-05-01 10:25 +0000
        Re: BASIC is 50 Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-05-01 16:43 +0300
          Re: BASIC is 50 Gordon Henderson <gordon+usenet@drogon.net> - 2014-05-01 18:03 +0000
          Re: BASIC is 50 Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-05-01 21:35 +0000
        Re: BASIC is 50 Rob <monst.oorzudo@ntlworld.com> - 2014-05-01 22:41 +0100
          Re: BASIC is 50 David Hume <David.Hume@example.com> - 2014-05-02 09:26 +0100
            Re: BASIC is 50 Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2014-05-02 10:46 +0100
            Re: BASIC is 50 Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-05-02 23:11 +0100
  Re: BASIC is 50 Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2014-04-30 17:51 +0300
  Re: BASIC is 50 Peter Percival <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> - 2014-05-14 17:40 +0100

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