Re: PL/I declarations (was: Constant Identifiers)

2020-09-06 Thread Seymour J Metz
List on behalf of Robin Vowels Sent: Monday, September 7, 2020 1:41 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: PL/I declarations (was: Constant Identifiers) On 2020-09-07 15:15, Seymour J Metz wrote: > No, FIXED BIN(15,0) is not an integer, and the precision rules can be > very annoying to

Re: PL/I declarations (was: Constant Identifiers)

2020-09-06 Thread Robin Vowels
On 2020-09-07 15:15, Seymour J Metz wrote: No, FIXED BIN(15,0) is not an integer, and the precision rules can be very annoying to those with a Fortran mindset. If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it probably is a duck. An integer is a whole number. FIXED BINARY (15) and FIXED BINAR