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Article #6480Re: Who uses BASIC these days
From: nevin.j.liber
Date: Wed, 17 May 1989 16:36
Date: Wed, 17 May 1989 16:36
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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. -- NEVIN ":-)" LIBER AT&T Bell Laboratories nevin1@ihlpb.ATT.COM (312) 979-4751
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!rutgers!att!cbnewsc!nevin1 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 Lines: 11