From: Dave Burt <dave@...>
Date: 2005-10-29T09:17:04+09:00
Subject: Re: Format BigDecimal

mathew wrote:
> BigDecimal is next because the stupidity of fixed-width binary 
> representations of floating point is one of my pet peeves. It made sense 
> when computers ran at 1MHz and had 4K of RAM, but really, isn't it time we 
> wrote our code to actually give the right answers?

Ah, you want Rational. Especially after my patch (RCR 320 or so) has been 
included.

And mathn. 1/2 #=> 1/2 like it should.

I'm not sure what BigDecimal is for ... maybe money or crazy stuff like 
that.

Cheers,
Dave