"Walter" <walter@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:a6j2vt$1jv9$1@digitaldaemon.com...

> Why not just use 64 bit longs? The only thing to do is just plop down a decimal point when converting it to an ascii string.

    double a = 1.5;
    long b = 1000;    // suppose this is $10.00
    long c = a + b;   // should be $11.50...