Re: Natural keys vs Aritficial Keys
From: paul c <toledobythesea_at_oohay.ac>
Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 03:17:43 GMT
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Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 03:17:43 GMT
Message-ID: <rVJRl.29091$PH1.19685_at_edtnps82>
David BL wrote:
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> I haven't read much about the arguments in favour of fixed point
> decimal hardware, but it seems problematic to me. For a start it
> isn't closed under multiplication or division. E.g. the product of
> two numbers that each have n digits after the decimal point may have
> up to 2n digits after the decimal point.
I don't think any contractor who was offered the job to calcullate legal mortage tables to the nearest cent would decline for thar reason. Received on Sat May 23 2009 - 05:17:43 CEST