Another very popular ;) language which supports packed decimals (and decimal64 & decimal128 ) is ABAP. data result_float type f. result_float = '0.1' +

Another very popular ;) language which supports packed decimals (and decimal64 & decimal128 ) is ABAP. data result_float type f. result_float = '0.1' + '0.2' - '0.3'. write: / result_float. >> 5.5511151231257827E-17 data result_packed type p length 4 decimals 4. result_packed = '0.1' + '0.2' - '0.3'. write: / result_packed. >> 0.0000 data result_d16 type decfloat16. result_d16 = '0.1' + '0.2' - '0.3'. write: / result_d16 decimals 16. >> 0.0000000000000000 data result_d34 type decfloat34. result_d34 = '0.1' + '0.2' - '0.3'. write: / result_d34 decimals 34. >> 0.0000000000000000000000000000000000