Cobol - Re: Classic RW

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Re: Classic RW

Richard

2004-08-31, 3:55 am

Robert Wagner <robert@wagner.net.yourmammaharvests> wrote

> They are integers. If you don't think so, post some evidence to the
> contrary.

An example of a fixed point number is 3.45

This is not an integer.

Now it may be that scaled integers are processed in some ways as if
they are integers. They _may_ be represented in Cobol as integers
(though this is not compulsory). But they are not integers as defined
in the terminology of the number system.

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