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From: nevin1@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (nevin.j.liber)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: Who uses BASIC these days
Message-ID: <832@cbnewsc.ATT.COM>
Date: 17 May 89 16:36:50 GMT
References: <11581@well.UUCP> <960018@hpclskh.HP.COM>
Reply-To: nevin1@ihlpb.ATT.COM (nevin.j.liber)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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In article <960018@hpclskh.HP.COM> skh@hpclskh.HP.COM (The Polar Bear) writes:

>Integer arithmetic is often of insufficient range for financial applications.
>When you start doing programs for multi-national companies and governments,
>you start needing exponents.

But how do you get the needed PRECISION from floating point?  Unless
these mulit-national comanies and governments don't mind losing a few
dollars when the numbers get too big. :-)  Please elaborate.
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NEVIN ":-)" LIBER  AT&T Bell Laboratories  nevin1@ihlpb.ATT.COM  (312) 979-4751