Hi David,

 DN> You have just discovered why responsible programmers do not use
 DN> floating point arithmetic for financial applications. It is also one
 DN> reason why C has not replaced COBOL in the financial applications
 DN> area.

Thanks for your response.  I actually discovered this when I dug into those
old, dusty programming texts, I've got on the shelf.  I've worked arounf
the problem for now by using doubles instead.  This offers enough precision
to carry through correctly for my application's needs.

Thanks for the explanation and solutions.

A few short questions, if you don't mind:
        Are there OS/2 versions of COBOL or PL/I?
        Will hardware assited BCD be offered on PowerPC machines?

Thanks,
    Chris

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