architectural issue with gnc-numeric

[Derek Atkins]

Bill Gribble <grib@linuxdevel.com> writes:

> If I had to do it again knowing what I know now, I'd probably use
> fixed-point.  Live and learn :)

Yea.  Hindsight and all that....

FTR, I had to fix a few of the actual algorithms in there.  The LCM
algo, for example, was completely toast (what do YOU think the lcd of
100 and 96875 should be?), and even the add/sub/div algo's were being
too stupid for our own good..  ;)

> Thanks
> b.g.

-derek

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