From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2005-12-17T08:01:20+09:00
Subject: Re: Using Float For Currency

On Dec 16, 2005, at 4:58 PM, Stephen Waits wrote:

> I think you misread my question.

Sorry about that.

> I'm asking why one would use BigDecimal, specifically, as opposed  
> to the built-in Integer types?

Well, BigDecimal lets you work with decimals, but will be slower.   
Integers will be faster, but you'll need to handle the conversions,  
as needed.

Hope I got it right that time.  ;)

James Edward Gray II