On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 at 15:45:29, Claude Mourier 00 wrote:
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>Marcel gives already the right (and only ?) answer : always use integer
>representation for number then convert them with IDEC$/FDEC$.
>Sad method as this slow down a lot the process.
This is no good for QDOS - it does not use integers.
It 'says' it does, but works with FP internally.
ie it converts integers to FP, works with that and then converts back -
ie integer arithmetic will be slow and unreliable.
Minerva was the first to introduce 'real' integers, followed by SMSQ.
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