A simple code: ``` Fixed a = 0.5; Fixed b = "0.5"; Fixed c = "2.5"; cout << "a = " << a << endl; cout << "b = " << b << endl; cout << "c = " << c << endl; cout << "b/c = " << b / c << endl; ``` will output: ``` a = 0.2147483648 b = 0.5 c = 2.5 b/c = 10.25 ``` which is just a mess.