Comment Re:Decimal math (Score 1) 325
What really bothers me is languages and platforms that provide no ability to work with numbers in a decimal representation.
That isn't where you want to implement decimal math. For languages, decimal representation and math should be provided by libraries, simply because anything that can be shipped out into a library without significantly reducing efficiency or code readability should be (to reduce unnecessary language complexity).
As for platforms, I'm not sure what you mean. That word has many meanings in computing, but IMHO none of them should care about decimal math.
I am the other way round. What bothers me is architectures that DO provide decimal functionality. It is a total waste of silicon and/or ASM instruction bits to provide something that can be done far faster in binary with no loss of accuracy (compared to native decimal, if done right). Any decent decimal library will internally be binary anyway, not BCD or similar.