Re: Rakudo test miscellanea

2008-06-28 Thread Aristotle Pagaltzis 
* Mark J. Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-06-26 20:20]:
> On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 1:31 PM,  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Most financial institutions don't use float, rational or
> > fixed point, they just keep integer pennies.
> 
> I'm not so sure about that. There are lots of financial
> transactions that deal in sub-$0.01 fractions: taxes, currency
> conversion, brokerage stuff...

They use decimal fixed point math where necessary.

Regards,
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Aristotle Pagaltzis //

Re: Rakudo test miscellanea

2008-06-28 Thread Aristotle Pagaltzis 
* Aristotle Pagaltzis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-06-29 02:05]:
> [repeat of statements made days ago]

Sorry, I was only just catching up and didn’t notice this orphan
subthread had siblings, where the point was already covered.

Regards,
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Aristotle Pagaltzis //