[oddthink]

I agree. Enough already. Isn't this covered in something like week 2 of CS 101? If you've missed that, maybe the literally decades of "ermagerd, floats!" articles would give you a hint.

As someone who's worked in science and finance (modeling, not accounting), floats work just fine, thank you very much. The modeling/accounting split in finance is a legit point of confusion, though.