Comment on Flaky: datatypes for real world quantitiesparentComments−reeses13yA huge number of ecommerce sites do. (Such as almost every site based on ATG/Oracle Commerce)Most banking systems predate standardized FP and use fixed decimal representations.−eru13yI can see them being used by the quants for fast pricing. But really, for accounting? Where do the missing cents go?
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A huge number of ecommerce sites do. (Such as almost every site based on ATG/Oracle Commerce)
Most banking systems predate standardized FP and use fixed decimal representations.
I can see them being used by the quants for fast pricing. But really, for accounting? Where do the missing cents go?