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.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com
How would society have developed if the more dominant
of our ancestors didn't have stinky feet?