RE: Integer <-> string and Floating point <->

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From: James Mathiesen
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 1989 14:18

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Further discussion probably belongs on the REXX list, but --

VM/SP REXX stores all values, numeric or otherwise as character strings.
Arithmetic operations are done as algorithmic operations on the
strings.  It isn't quick, but it is often very useful.  (The more
digits you want, the more CPU time it costs.  But then you don't
have to spend time writing fancy extended precision routines either).

james

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