[Discuss] Financial database / balance?

Jerry Feldman gaf at blu.org
Sun Jan 15 13:10:42 EST 2012


On 01/15/2012 12:25 PM, Richard Pieri wrote:
> On Jan 15, 2012, at 11:44 AM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
>> So, while the OP could certainly use canned BCD libraries or integers,
>> using floats and doubles should work fine for most personal stuff.
> Maybe.  I still think that the right way to do it is with arbitrary precision BCD, but that's probably my accounting courses talking.  Just don't get me started on double-entry bookkeeping. :)
I won't. I have an MBA :-)

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