On 4/26/2013 3:10 PM, John Gilmore wrote:
I am glad that Tony Harminc responded to Frank Swarbrick's question,
and his Cowlishaw reference is an excellent one.
There is another, summary answer to Frank's question. All arithmetic
that is currently done in packed decimal can better and should be done
instead in DFP.
John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA
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OK, John, in what sense can existing arithmetic done in
packed decimal being converted to DFP be considered
"better"? More accurate? Faster? More aesthetically
pleasing? Simpler to code / understand / maintain?
And 'should'? Really? Is that intended as a moral imperative?
Is there a business case for converting existing records
with packed decimal into DFP and then converting the
code to work with that? Using any language other than
Assembler?
Hmmm. Who's imperious here? Who's practical?
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