On 04/14/2013 06:14 PM, Tim Doty wrote: > > On Apr 14, 2013, at 6:30 PM, Algis Kabaila <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Just to add a little fuel to this fire: >> >> First, by hand try to convert the "exact" 0.1 then 0.01 decimal to their >> binary equivalent. Send to this list the binary value. Is it exact? >> >> Second, who would care about 1 cent in $10 000 ? > > people who are stealing money :) Its been some years, but taking the > roundings has actually been done. It has always amused me when people insist > on using float for "dollars" rather than tracking cents exactly.
Yes, the modern equivalent of shaving coins. Why coins have knurled edges. > > >> >> Al. -- Adrian Klaver [email protected] _______________________________________________ PySide mailing list [email protected] http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/pyside
