Why do I detect a "Java is slow" post in your future? :) As usual, when you're doing floating point on binary systems, you always have to figure out if it's *really* important to have the precision... and usually, it isn't.
I'm sure at this point, people are finding woodwork to crawl out of saying, "Yes, it is!" - and you're all correct, for you it's important because you're rocket scientists and all that, and maybe even a financial programmer or two are finding graves to spin in as well. However... I'd still stand by the statement that in most cases, the accuracy simply isn't important enough to justify crippling your program's speed. It's all about the tradeoffs. If it's all about what you SEE, then format the numbers going out instead. >From: "Ivan Bradac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "JDJList" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "JDJList" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [jdjlist] Re: Double multiplication >Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 09:34:01 +0200 > >Hi all > >thanks for all your answers. I will try to switch to BigDecimal. ----------------------------------------------- Joseph B. Ottinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://enigmastation.com IT Consultant _________________________________________________________________ Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com To change your JDJList options, please visit: http://www.sys-con.com/java/list.cfm
