Matthias Felleisen <matth...@ccs.neu.edu> writes: >>> Years ago, Turbo Pascal had a binary-coded decimal (BCD) type that >>> was especially suited for doing financial calculations, avoiding >>> some of the representational problems of IEEE 754. Something like >>> that might figure in a DSL for the feds.
I'll point out that floating-point vs. BCD or something like it is SO not an issue with the real-world financial calculations the SEC is worried about. (Well, it is an issue for the calculations, but it is not an issue for the people doing them.) Most everyone in that community has long accepted binary floating-point as completely adequate for doing financial calculations for complex products. -- Cheers =8-} Mike Friede, Völkerverständigung und überhaupt blabla _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-dev
