On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 4:57 PM Keith Medcalf <kmedc...@dessus.com> wrote:
> > > >All I meant was that with a decimal exponent, the units could be > >dollars, > >and additions and subtractions of cents would be exact (assuming the > >mantissa has enough bits), with no worries about rounding. Which is > >the > >basis for this whole discussion. > > This is called fixed point. All that is required is that you keep track > of the decimal point yourself...sort of like using a slide rule. > Er, no. Not at all. It's called floating point with a decimal exponent. Calculations in cents come out exact*, calculations in mils come out exact*, and the machine keeps track of the decimal point. * Assuming that the input numbers are integer cents (exponent -2) or mils (exponent -3) _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
