On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, Jason Rennie wrote:
> So, here something from left field...
>
> All of this discussion concerning roundoff error, internal number
> representation, etc. seems to be assuming that there *is* a right answer.
> i.e. if we discuss and think hard enough, we'll be able to come up wi
So, here something from left field...
All of this discussion concerning roundoff error, internal number
representation, etc. seems to be assuming that there *is* a right answer.
i.e. if we discuss and think hard enough, we'll be able to come up with a
solution that will always do the right th
OK, I'll give up on expecting a clean interface to solve the "round-off"
problem. I'm sure Bill will eventually get something that gives the right
answers.
The problem that I am now encountering has to do with the cost basis of
inventory (in particular equities).
Assume that, in January, I pu
