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 ST> Ref:     Append at 17:34:20 on 94/10/12 GMT (by IBMNET at TOROVM1)



 > ...				  Both COBOL and PL/I support hardware

 > implementations of BCD as native features of the language. Indeed, PL/I

 > supports this (BCD representation) in both REAL and COMPLEX modes.



 ST> PL/I for OS/2 supports BCD data types put to 31 digits even though

 ST> the hardware only supports 18 digits.  It is done through smoke,

 ST> mirrors, and library routines.



 ST> Paige Vinall



Nice to see the IBM PL/I manager frequenting this message area.



Please call by again!



Cheers, Clem Clarke



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