Behind the scenes, what's happening with decimal value type in C#/.NET?

Question

How is the decimal type implemented?

Update

• It\'s a 128-bit value type (16 bytes)
• 1 sign bit
• 96 bits (1

Answer 1

The decimal type is just another form of floating point number - but unlike float and double, the base used is 10.

A simple explanation is here http://csharpindepth.com/Articles/General/Decimal.aspx