Rick, yes and no ... With the current PL/I compiler and with the DECIMAL(DFP) compiler option in effect, then "FLOAT DECIMAL" does mean DFP. See: http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/ibm3pg60/1.1.1.28
With earlier versions of the Pl/I compiler (or lower ARCH levels) this is NOT true. "Rick Fochtman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > ------------------------------<snip>----------------------------- > I see what I did, whenever people talk about 'new floating point' I > always assume it is Decimal Floating Point (the one that is not > available in Java yet, or COBOL for that matter. z9 and PL/I and have > it) To make it more confusing both the Java binary float and the newer > DFP are both IEEE floating point! > ---------------------------<unsnip>---------------------------- > Don't confuse PL/1's FLOAT DECIMAL specification with the hardware > floating point decimal feature. They are NOT the same! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
