On 5 Aug 2008 14:02:28 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >Clark Morris wrote: >> On 5 Aug 2008 09:41:22 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main John McKown >> wrote: >> >>> tinyurl http://preview.tinyurl.com/6464u8 >> >> I see that the business language - COBOL still doesn't recognize the >> floating decimal that IBM people spent a lot of time working on. I >> also note that other than XML parse there are no enhancements like >> implementing requested 2002 Standard features (some of which would >> enable us to fully process SMF 30 records without hokey workarounds). >> >> Clark Morris > >Which business requirement does processing SMF 30 records fall >under? Receivables? Payables? Inventory Control? ...
I used it for providing usage information for applications (I was applications technical support for a Y2K project). At a shop prior to that, the customer master file for billing and marketing, the product file and the open account file had bit switches so the USAGE BIT would definitely have come in handy. Having true IEEE floating point would eliminate the conversion between hex and IEEE floating point when COBOL interfaces with Java. I also doubt that IBM pushed decimal floating point for non business purposes. > > >Kind regards, > >-Steve Comstock >The Trainer's Friend, Inc. > >303-393-8716 >http://www.trainersfriend.com > > z/OS Application development made easier > * Our classes include > + How things work > + Programming examples with realistic applications > + Starter / skeleton code > + Complete working programs > + Useful utilities and subroutines > + Tips and techniques > >==> Check out the Trainer's Friend Store to purchase z/OS <== >==> application developer toolkits. Sample code in four <== >==> programming languages, JCL to Assemble or compile, <== >==> bind and test. <== >==> http://www.trainersfriend.com/TTFStore/index.html <== > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
