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[glen herrmannsfeldt]

David Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.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?

There have been computers that used the same logic and format for
fixed and floating point. (With the right post-normalize logic, 
it works.)

You might need a different divide to get it right, though.

Add, subtract, and multiply of integer values in floating point,
that doesn't get too big, should give the right integer result.
That isn't true for divide.

-- glen