[PRL] Programming Languages in the Code of Federal Regulations

[Paul Steckler]

R6RS suggests, but doesn't require, that Scheme implementations follow
the IEEE 754 floating-point spec.
So you don't get behavior guarantees simply by choosing "Scheme" as
your language.

Years ago, Turbo Pascal had a binary-coded decimal (BCD) type that was
especially suited for doing
financial calculations, avoiding some of the representational problems
of IEEE 754.  Something like
that might figure in a DSL for the feds.

-- Paul

On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 12:31 AM, Matthias Felleisen
<matthias at ccs.neu.edu> wrote:
>
> Following Jay's and Jordan's example I have submitted my own response. A
> scribbled version is available at:
>
>  http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/matthias/Thoughts/Python_for_Asset-Backed_Securities.html
>
> Thanks for all the feedback -- Matthias
>
>