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Forum: Programming 02-10-2024, 09:13 AM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
@pan64: Actually, I think, "slow" was never the...

@pan64: Actually, I think, "slow" was never the consideration. If you are dealing with "vast columns of dollars-and-cents," you might need a decimal representation of the quantity. Your primary...
Forum: Programming 02-09-2024, 07:34 PM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
So far as I can recall now, only the COBOL...

So far as I can recall now, only the COBOL language provided built-in support for the BCD data-type. Every other language used "float." Otherwise, they had to resort to external packages. FORTRAN...
Forum: Programming 02-08-2024, 03:46 PM
Replies: 13
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Posted By sundialsvcs
The COBOL language is still(!) in use and still...

The COBOL language is still(!) in use and still quite interesting. It implemented both floating-point ("computational") and decimal types from the very start, and its default operating method is...
Forum: Programming 02-08-2024, 08:56 AM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
To extend this notion: CPUs also provide a...

To extend this notion:

CPUs also provide a BCD = Binary-Coded Decimal mode which represents individual digits as four-bit groups. (The best-known language with full and built-in support for this...
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