Comments on: C# Decimal and Java BigDecimal Solve Roundoff Problems http://www.gavaghan.org/blog/2007/11/06/c-decimal-and-java-bigdecimal-solve-roundoff-problems/ Mike Gavaghan blogs on Java, C#, .Net, and the software industry Sat, 26 Nov 2011 17:37:47 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: BlueRaja http://www.gavaghan.org/blog/2007/11/06/c-decimal-and-java-bigdecimal-solve-roundoff-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-841 BlueRaja Fri, 08 Apr 2011 13:46:15 +0000 http://www.gavaghan.org/blog/2007/11/06/c-decimal-and-java-bigdecimal-solve-roundoff-problems/#comment-841 Seems to me using base-15 would have made more sense: we could still represent decimal numbers exactly, but now divisors with factors of 3 could also be represented exactly, such as 1/3 or 5/6. Plus, every base-15 digit conveniently fits almost exactly into a single nybble (4-bits). Seems to me using base-15 would have made more sense: we could still represent decimal numbers exactly, but now divisors with factors of 3 could also be represented exactly, such as 1/3 or 5/6. Plus, every base-15 digit conveniently fits almost exactly into a single nybble (4-bits).

]]> By: Sean http://www.gavaghan.org/blog/2007/11/06/c-decimal-and-java-bigdecimal-solve-roundoff-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Sean Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:18:30 +0000 http://www.gavaghan.org/blog/2007/11/06/c-decimal-and-java-bigdecimal-solve-roundoff-problems/#comment-80 I still say, use decimal everywhere unless optimizing for speed :D Then again I write a lot of financial apps! I still say, use decimal everywhere unless optimizing for speed :D

Then again I write a lot of financial apps!

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