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"Phred" <ppnerk@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On the question of EBCDIC, I assume this is an "improved" or extended
> version of Binary Coded Decimal?

While the paper contains some things in which you may not be interested, if
you read the document at ...

http://www.providerpaymentpartner.com/tsihome_html/downloads/C2IEEE.htm

...you will find some explanations for both EBCDIC v ASCII and BCD v other
data types.

I'd like to say the paper explains it better than I could, except I am the
author of the document.

--
Michael Mattias
Tal Systems, Inc.
Racine WI
mmattias@talsystems.com





 If so, then isn't it possible that
> IBM was committed to its use for all sorts of commercial reasons?  In
> particular, and most importantly, so financial and other arithmetic
> calculations could be done *precisely* without the problems and
> potential confusions of rounding errors.
>
> As for VB6, I've never used it.  My own "programming tasks" are
> usually done in GWBASIC or QBasic or, if it's a bit more complex and I
> think I might use the code again, in PDS7.1. 8-)   However, I
> certainly sympathise with Mike's gripe.  It really seems like MS has
> abandoned the "private programmer" completely.  Frankly, I've no use
> for stuff that can program my toaster to interrogate your fridge to
> see if there's any marmalade left.
>
>
> Cheers, Phred.
>
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