>U.S. bonds and some stock prices were once quoted in fractions rather than decimals (typically in sixteenths or thirty-seconds). For example, a bond price might appear as 101 8/32. This means $101 and 8/32 of a dollar, or $101.25 in today's notation.

Delightful.

I was expecting some pre-Euro lore about converting dollar-formatted strings to francs or Deutsche Marks.

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