[omniORB] CORBA::Fixed::realMul bug

[Simone Viani]

Mike Mascari wrote:

> Sander Steffann wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>>> I have a feeling that you're the only person using fixed point in
>>> omniORB...
>>
>>
>>
>> Not the only one... Well: then there are at least two of us :-)
>
>
> Make that three! But I don't use it that much beyond transporting 
> fixed-point values between BigDecimal Java clients and the database 
> (PostgreSQL.) I was a bit shocked to discover:
>
> 1. Sun's CORBA orb for Java didn't bother supporting the fixed-point 
> type probably due to:
>
> 2. A broken Java mapping spec from the OMG.
>
> It makes me wonder just how many people are using the fixed point type 
> in financial applications that involve Java clients and CORBA 
> middle-ware...
>
> Mike Mascari



I'm very glad not to be the only one :-)

But to be honest, I have to say that we just borrowed omniorb
fixed point class, because for many reasons we have to do some
mainframe-like calculations in C++ and our poor budget doesn't
let us using any expensive library.

Bye,
Simone Viani