Re: sorry .09 instead of .08

zero wrote:

BigDecimal has its own problems, beside the speed. If you initialize a BigDecimal with a double constant, you're in the same boat as using a normal double when it comes to rounding errors.

If you initialise an int or long with a double you'll get the same rounding errors (plus overflow errors for added fun). So, don't use doubles for financial calculations.

Tom Hawtin
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