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> no mainstream language has a first-class data type for representing money Visual Basic 6 and VGA had a `Currency` type (replaced by `Decimal` in VB.NET): htt
by DaiPlusPlus 2y ago
> no mainstream language has a first-class data type for representing money
Visual Basic 6 and VGA had a `Currency` type (replaced by `Decimal` in VB.NET): https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/language/reference/user-interface-help/currency-data-type https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/language/refere...
T-SQL has `money` and `smallmoney` types: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/data-types/money-and-smallmoney-transact-sql?view=sql-server-ver16 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/data-types/money...
...am I missing something?
- sam0x17 2y ago> mainstream ;)
- DaiPlusPlus 2y agoWhat could be more mainstream than VB6?
- eriksencosta 2y agoExcel macros.
- DaiPlusPlus 2y ago> Visual Basic 6 and VGA *VBA, sorry; typo. HN won't let me edit my posts argh.