Microsoft uses a 16-byte Decimal structure (with a 12 byte mantissa, 1 byte exponent, 1 bit sign) and recommends it for accounting. The arithmetic is treated a

Microsoft uses a 16-byte Decimal structure (with a 12 byte mantissa, 1 byte exponent, 1 bit sign) and recommends it for accounting. The arithmetic is treated as if it is base-10 fixed point