Chuck you said it all so eloquently, me....I would have gotten flustered and replied with the unadorned Mommy answer (especially since my son's name is Sean) "Just Because..."
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Results Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 2:03 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [U2] Precision question... Shawn, Virtually every system in the world is designed around the idea that CPUs do integer math faster (much faster) than floating point. Despite the increases in chip speed, a calculate-in-integer-set-decimal-on-display approach is still advantageous. Beyond that, F-Correlatives and I-Descriptors work better with integers, so ad-hoc reporting is easier. -- - Charles Barouch (718) 762-3884 x 1 - Key Ally Voice Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Consulting services [EMAIL PROTECTED] - News [EMAIL PROTECTED] - U2-Users Moderator [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Zeus Data Integration Mount Olympus, Home of Zeus Data Integration Allen E. Elwood (CA) wrote: >Decimals would be a much easier to program with - no doubt about it! ------- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
