BD> type
 BD>     employee = record
 BD>              name,                      {31 bytes}
 BD>              address : string[30];      {31 bytes}
 BD>              salary        : real;      {6  bytes}
 BD>              married       : boolean;   {1  byte}
 BD>              num_children  : byte;      {1  byte}
 BD>     end;                                {70 bytes}
 LG> 
 LG> I had a problem converting this construct over to PB.  In PB, single
 LG> precision  reals are 4 bytes; double precision reals are 8 bytes. 
 LG> There isn't an  equivalent 6 byte real in PB.
 
Ah.  Well, perhaps you could do some rather nasty work with it.
 
I think I can determine the exact method used to create the real
number, and from there it's just some funky math to get it back
from an integer (as it's stored, as all reals REALLY are) to a real.
 
 BD> var
 BD>           salary := 780000.45;
 LG> 
 LG> If I had that salary, I would hire someone to do my programming. :)
 
If I had that salary, heck, I'd move to Idaho and throw all the
electronics out so no one could bug me about it.  (:
 
... rtfm (314) 843-1855
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