Thanks. I'll look at this one too!

Dwight Hughes wrote:

> Mark Schwenk announced one several months ago. Here is the email to the
> list.
>
> -- Dwight
>
> "Mark A. Schwenk" wrote:
> >
> > Fellow Squeakers,
> >
> > I have a preliminary implementation of ScaledDecimal support for Squeak. It has
> > little documentation and only minor testing so far. But if you have a use for it
> > now, try it and send me your feedback.
> >
> > >From the ScaledDecimal class comment:
> >
> > I represent fixed-point decimal numbers accurately with no limit to the number
> > of digits before or after the decimal point.
> >
> > The implementation is based on Fractions with an added scale.
> >
> > See ScaledDecimal class>>example1 for examples of use.
> >
> > You can obtain a changeset for the latest version here:
> >
> >         ftp://ftp.wellthot.com/pub/squeak/goodies/ScaledDecimal/
> >
> > Enjoy!
> >
> > -Mark Schwenk
> >  WellThot Inc.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Shane Hayes [mailto:sphayes at ibm.net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 3:09 PM
> > To: squeak at cs.uiuc.edu
> > Cc: recipient.list.not.shown; @cs.uiuc.edu
> > Subject: scaled decimal
> >
> >
> > Hi.
> >
> > First I would like to thank the contributors to Squeek. It has been
> > quite interesting lurking around on this news group
> > and I appreciate your efforts.
> >
> > Has anyone implemented "ScaledDecimal" in Squeek? I have looked around
> > on the Swiki, but could not find anything.
> > I thought there was something in 2.4, but I can't find it in 2.5.
> >
> > TIA,
> > Shane Hayes
> >
>
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