> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Steve Comstock
>
> Farley, Peter x23353 wrote:
> > I did not see anything about it in the updates page in the language
> > reference nor the programmer's guide, but I'm wondering if anyone
here
> > knows if the newest release of the Enterprise COBOL compiler will
> > generate "grande" arithmetic instructions for COBOL binary fields
(e.g.
> > will it generate an AG or AGR instruction for adding two PIC S9(18)
> > BINARY fields?).
>
> 1. Latest and greatest is actually Enterprise COBOL 4.2
>
> 2. Ran an experiment for you; here is the generated code
> for 'add fld-d to fld-e' where both are pic s9(18) binary:
Did you try it with PIC S9(18) COMP-5?
-jc-
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