Decimal V Binary??

From: Dwight K. Elvey <dwight.elvey_at_amd.com>
Date: Wed Sep 22 21:49:03 2004

Hi
 I feel it is right for some purposes. I feel more
confident when I know the bank is using a decimal based
computer.
Dwight


>From: "Fred Cisin" <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
>
>There are SOME people (I am NOT one) who actually feel that
>DECIMAL is the right way to go in computers!
>
>For example, check Mike Cowlishaw's pages at IBM:
>http://www2.hursley.ibm.com/decimal/decifaq.html
>http://www2.hursley.ibm.com/decimal/decifaq3.html#bingood
>etc.
>
>--
>Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin_at_xenosoft.com
>How would society have developed if the more dominant
>of our ancestors didn't have stinky feet?
>
Received on Wed Sep 22 2004 - 21:49:03 BST

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