Agreed - and as a scientific programmer, a bit of advice - if you have a lot of numbers to the right of the decimal point - you are are most likely using the wrong units. --- Joseph Ottinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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
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