Re: sorry .09 instead of .08

Fabien Bergeret wrote:
For instance, for $, calculations are made in cents, and display is done with amount/100 $ and amount%100 cents (small unit number = 2) 

That's not going to work for negative quantities.

IIRC, various legal requirements for calculations will also require a couple more significant figures.

Tom Hawtin
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