On 8/2/23 09:52:47, Jonathan Scott wrote:
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz writes:
That still leave the question of HLASM syntax for DC. I would
hope that it's been extended to handle tiny floating point.
This has not been done so far, as the architects said it should
not be needed, as it was not for general programming purposes.
Are there hardware instructions supporting the format?
Could it be generated with a library macro?
... it was primarily for use as a data
format for NNTP input ...
Ah, Usenet. I remember it fondly. Does LISTSERV rely on NNTP?
... the main things to be resolved would be
what to call the DC type and what type attribute it should have
(given that all upper case letters and some other characters
have already been used).
HLASM appears to have made a bad design choice in making the
case attribute case-insensitive.
--
gil
