For those not in the USA, this is somewhat of an internal slang, much=20
like in Canada a $2 coin is called a Toonie (sp??). We call a $0.25 coin=20
(a quarter), 2 bits. :)  Maybe a dollar should be called a bite (byte).=20
:) :) :)

On 05/03/2011 09:43 AM, Charles Craft wrote:
> On 5/3/2011 8:22 AM, Olin Lathrop wrote:
>> 'William Chops" Westfield'<westfw@mac.com wrote:
>>
>>> IIRC, COBOL has BCD data types.  Or a decimal data type usually
>>> implemented as BCD.  Or something.  It allows the language to do
>>> "exact" operations on quantities of money, where the business types
>>> apparently don't trust the vague inexactness of floating point.
>>>
>> That's a argument for integer versus floating point, not for a BCD
>> representation of that integer in particular.  What you really need is e=
xtra
>> wide integer support.  32 bits is not enough dynamic range when in units=
 of
>> cents.
>>
>>
>>
> Aren't there 8 bits in a dollar?
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