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echo: aust_c_here
to: Rob Judd
from: David Nugent
date: 1996-09-09 13:39:16
subject: Fixing decimal return

>> S'ok - there's an old accountant's trick that works. You just
 >> create an account for yourself, and throw in anything that
 >> doesn't balance in there at the end of the day. You might get
 >> rich fast. :-)

 RJ> That could be dangerous. Floats are signed, it might
 RJ> just subtract your money.

Not if you always round down, which of course, you will.

 RJ> [Heck, I'm becoming a nerdygeek. I just made a joke in C]

Ok, if you say so. But a true nerdygeek would never make a joke of such a
serious issue.
















:-)

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