Christopher Browne writes:
> True. They were counting a discrete, countable quantity.
But delivering a continuous substance.
> Can you name one that people _actually use_ that is not discrete?
Gasoline.
> If we try to work using FP values,...
Relax, I'm not trying to get you to go back to FP. I was trying to make a
somewhat theoretical point. Obviously, I failed.
> True. Which means that the rounding policy needs to be _nailed down_,
You can and should do that for money, but I don't see how you can hope to
do it for goods. Every industry has it's own conventions, and each
contract can be different.
We seem to have a basic philosophical difference here. I see a
double-entry accounting system as existing to deal with money. Everything
else ---stocks, bonds, gasoline, machine screws, 747's--- is the province
of inventory control. You appear to want to put everything in the same
system and treat money as just another kind of stuff.
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John Hasler
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Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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