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diff --git a/Doc/tut/tut.tex b/Doc/tut/tut.tex index 4827ab2..7472082 100644 --- a/Doc/tut/tut.tex +++ b/Doc/tut/tut.tex @@ -5059,14 +5059,14 @@ want to run a full list sort: \section{Decimal Floating Point Arithmetic\label{decimal-fp}} -The \module{decimal} module offers a \class{Decimal} datatype for -decimal floating point arithmetic. Compared to the built-in \class{float} -implementation of binary floating point, the new class is especially -helpful for financial applications and other uses which require exact -decimal representation, control over precision, control over rounding -to meet legal or regulatory requirements, tracking of significant -decimal places, or for applications where the user expects the results -to match hand calculations as taught in school. +The \ulink{\module{decimal}}{../lib/module-decimal.html} module offers a +\class{Decimal} datatype for decimal floating point arithmetic. Compared to +the built-in \class{float} implementation of binary floating point, the new +class is especially helpful for financial applications and other uses which +require exact decimal representation, control over precision, control over +rounding to meet legal or regulatory requirements, tracking of significant +decimal places, or for applications where the user expects the results to +calculations done by hand. For example, calculating a 5\%{} tax on a 70 cent phone charge gives different results in decimal floating point and binary floating point. |