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Scott ford
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On Jun 4, 2012, at 8:36 PM, robin <[email protected]> wrote:

> From: John Gilmore
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Tuesday, 5 June 2012 7:37 AM
>
>> As an optional usage in coded-arithmetic and hexadecimal constants,
>> where it is unambiguous, this is an excellent idea.
>
>> It has been available in PL/I for a long time, where I may write
>
>> Declare Fmax value(2_147_483_6747) signed binary fixed(31,0) ;
>
>> or
>
>> Declare Fmax signed binary fixed(31,0) static initial(2147483647) ;
>
>> Declare Fmax initial(0111_1111_1111_1111_1111_1111_1111_1111b)
>> static binary fixed(31,0) ;
>
>> as may be contextually convenient.  I have found it useful there.   It
>> reduces the frequency of trivial errors, improves readability, and in
>> in general labor-saving.
>
> There's always the exception that proves the rule, no?
>
>    "Declare Fmax value(2_147_483_6747) signed binary fixed(31,0) ;"

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