From: Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...>
Date: 2007-06-22T09:48:38+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby doesn't know how to multiply

On 6/21/07, Michael W. Ryder <_mwryder@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> A simple way to get the correct figure is to do what is used often with
> currency to prevent these types of errors.  If I enter 'puts
> 1495.0*6.0/1000.0' I get 8.97.  The only thing necessary is to keep
> track of the number of decimal points.

Much better is to store the numbers as integers and convert to
decimal, guaranteeing zero loss.