Re: IBM and float decimal

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From: John W. Kennedy
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 23:06

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multicsfan wrote:
> Float Decimal(63); was directly supported by the Multics hardware so 
> legal in Multics PL/1.  It was actually Decimal, not binary.

And there was something on IBM mainframes, too. The PRPQ VSPC PL/I, 
perhaps, or Allan-Babcock's RUSH system, or both.

And 360/20 PL/I, I think.

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