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What does radix 10 floating point bring to the table in terms of precision other than a whole new set of rounding problems? As far as I know, all accounting sy
by rerdavies 3y ago
What does radix 10 floating point bring to the table in terms of precision other than a whole new set of rounding problems?
As far as I know, all accounting systems use 'round to nearest cent' integers (or whatever the lowest denomination is in a given currency). Is there a case where calculations using integer cents is in any way inferior to radix-ten fixed point?