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

tlmfru

2008-04-01, 6:56 pm

Clark F Morris <cfmpublic@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:37:12 -0600, Robert <no@e.mail> wrote:
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<cfmpublic@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:[color=darkred]
talk about 'binary[color=darkred]
point. Here's an[color=darkred]

He's right, you know.

0.2 (decimal) in binary = 1/8 + 1/16 + 1/128 + 1/256 ... = .00110011 ... =
0.19921875. etc. Obviously binary division is done by black magic
involving shifts & counts.

PL

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