Re: sorry .09 instead of .08

Thomas Hawtin <usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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> James Westby wrote:
>>
>> The problem is that you can't use floating point arithmetic (doubles)
>> to do precise arithmetic. If possible then you should try using fixed
>> point arithmetic. e.g.
>
> It's probably better to use BigDecimal in most situations.
>
> Tom Hawtin

BigDecimal will be slower though. If the values are all currency values,
with only 2 numbers after the decimal point, ints are a good choice.
.

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