3 Sep
2006
3 Sep
'06
5:47 p.m.
On Sep 3, 2006, at 6:47 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
Yes, I believe this is the case. Not so much, though, for
computer-based calculator programs, which (I thought?) were what we're
talking about. ;)
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Cape Coral, FL
I guess I
should've been more specific on my position. It *should*
be an I/O thing. Doing arithmetic in BCD is not something I'd thought
of...but being inherently tied to decimal, it likely wouldn't be the
best choice for the underlying computational engine for a calculator
which is supposed to support multiple bases.
I think most handheld calculators use BCD arithmetic.