Editing GnuCash (section)

==Technical design==
GnuCash is written primarily in [[C (programming language)|C]], with a small fraction in [[Scheme (programming language)|Scheme]].<ref name="GnuCash FAQ Lang">{{cite web|title= Why don't you rewrite GnuCash in programming language xyz so that I can contribute easily? |url= http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_Why_don.27t_you_rewrite_GnuCash_in_programming_language_xyz_so_that_I_can_contribute_easily.3F |quote= GnuCash is a large body of code maintained by a small group of developers who are comfortable in C and Scheme (Guile). Actually, 80% of it is in C and approx. 13% is in Scheme/Lisp. |work= Frequently asked questions |publisher= GnuCash website|access-date=2010-05-14}}</ref> One of the available features is pure [[fixed-point arithmetic]] to avoid rounding errors which would arise with [[floating-point arithmetic]]. This feature was introduced with version 1.6.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gnucash.org/docs/v1.6/C/t7204.html |publisher=gnucash.org |title=What's new in GnuCash 1.6? |access-date=2010-09-03 |archive-date=2010-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924155801/http://gnucash.org/docs/v1.6/C/t7204.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>