financial calculations

[David Keaton]

>4) Do users expect ``off by a few cents'' differences?  When is
>a ``few cents'' too large?

     As a user, I get quite upset when the banks' numbers don't agree
with what my HP-12C financial calculator says down to the last penny.
So far, I have never found any disagreements except for non-
mathematics-related mistakes by the banks.

					David Keaton
					dmkacraycos.com