Re: New version of money type

On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 11:39:31AM -0700, Luke Lonergan wrote:
> D'Arcy,
>
> On 9/28/06 10:12 AM, "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy@druid.net> wrote:
>
> > Numeric has been shown to be as good or better than money in I/O
> > operations.
>
> What exactly does that mean in the context of a Datum: "I/O operations"?

Converting to/from text format for when dealing with client
applications. Numeric can convert faster than plain integers sometimes.
Numeric isn't that slow really...

Have a ncie day,
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