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Article #110Re: IEEE used for Dollars and Cents
From: Gideon Yuval
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1992 19:31
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1992 19:31
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In article <BwyBs0.M88.1@cs.cmu.edu> nickh@CS.CMU.EDU (Nick Haines) writes: >All business software everywhere uses integer arithmetic. Not if you consider Excel, 1-2-3, ... to be mainly business software -- in most any spreadsheet, you represent $1.08 as a fraction, unless you use perverse representations. -- Gideon Yuval, gideony@microsoft.com, 206-882-8080 (fax:-883-8101;TWX:160520)
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Newsgroups: comp.arch Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!microsoft!hexnut!gideony From: gideony@microsoft.com (Gideon Yuval) Subject: Re: IEEE used for Dollars and Cents Message-ID: <1992Oct31.193109.611@microsoft.com> Date: 31 Oct 92 19:31:09 GMT Organization: Microsoft Corporation References: <WAYNE.92Oct30094445@backbone.uucp> <1crqv1INNj9s@iraul1.ira.uka.de> <BwyBs0.M88.1@cs.cmu.edu> Lines: 8