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I agree that using floating point is an issue. Even using BCD or packed decimal (2 decimal digits per byte) has problems. But I think that BCD or packed decimal is the way to go for accounting. Float is great for engineering or scientific calculations, but rounding issues caused me to want to use either BCD, packed decimal, or integers only for accounting. At that, still need to check how math is done in your libraries if you are writing your own package (yes, I have been bit more often that I like to admit). ... Jack
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