Re: IBM and float decimal

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From: Peter Flass
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 23:49

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John W. Kennedy wrote:
> 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.
> 

Was there ever such a thing??? Never heard of it.

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