[Info-vax] New VSI Roadmap (yipee!)

[lists at openmailbox.org]

On Mon, 02 Mar 2015 12:57:47 -0500
David Froble via Info-vax <info-vax at rbnsn.com> wrote:

> lists at openmailbox.org wrote:
> >> I can't imagine ever using floating point in a new money handling
> >> application these days given all the other options available.
> > 
> > It was *never* acceptable!
> > 
> 
> Even when there was no other options?

Especially when there was no other option.

Integers with software scaling (i.e. treat all amounts as cents) would have
probably been better depending on what calculations and how many
calculations were involved and what integer types were available. But if
you had no integer type big enough to represent the largest amount as
cents that is a real problem and strongly suggests the solution should not
be coded on that platform.