[flopriore]

Don't Fixed Point numbers add more issues? Let's assume you have a machine that accepts 8-bits fixed-point numbers, with 6 bits for integers and 2 for decimals. For simplicity, let's use decimal digits. If you must represent the number 2.013, the resulting number would be +00002.01 So you cut the third decimal digit and wasted 4 bits with useless zeros. At the same time, if you represented the same number in 8 bits floating point, you would have all the digits.

[brianwawok]

Depends what you track. Fixed point is great for money. Floating point is not. Using an integer cents is easier than both.