Proposal for modifying gnucash to use exact quantities

[Bill Gribble]

Clark Jones <jones@inficad.com> writes:
> I hate to quibble with Gribble :-), but in actuallity the bill establishing
> the Dollar as the U.S. currency (written by Thomas Jefferson) defines the
> "mill" -- which is 1/1000 of a U.S. Dollar -- though the only places where
> you're likely to run into it is at the gas pump and calculating real estate
> taxes.  

I'm a little confused about this.  Where is a "mill" actually a valid
amount for a financial transaction?  You certainly can't take one out
of a bank account. 

Is this just an anachronism?  Are there *any* places where correct
record keeping requires one to keep track of dollar values down to the
1/1000 of a dollar?

b.g.