Cobol - Re: Decimal versus binary arithmetic was Re: J4

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Re: Decimal versus binary arithmetic was Re: J4 - presentation/discussion on "Fu

Michael Mattias

2008-04-01, 7:55 am

"Robert" <no@e.mail> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:55:10 -0300, Clark F Morris
> <cfmpublic@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>
> OK.
>
> 01 numerator value 1 binary pic 9(9).
> 01 denominator value 5 binary pic 9(9).
> 01 quotient binary pic 9(9)v9(4).
>
> compute quotient = numerator / denominator
> display quotient
>
> 0000000002000
>
>
> Looks pretty diadic to me.

That's because you did not do it in binary, you did it in decimal.
One-fifth is rational in decimal, but irrational in binary.

MCM

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