Re: sorry .09 instead of .08

"Tony Morris" <not@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:43dd5243@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

>
> "zero" <zero@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:Xns975B380BB167zerothishi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> 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.
>
> Are you saying that billionaires don't exist? My dream has been
> shattered!! Use a long - 9223 trillion dollars ought to be enough for
> anybody, right Bill?
>

Lol yes I was going to put that in my message - beware of over/underflow,
and use long if you need larger amounts - but I left it out 'cause I was
too lazy and wanted to keep the message short
.

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