Re: EBCDIC [Was: Which basic?]

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From: Derek Ross
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 20:57

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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?  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.
>

That's not necessarily a safe assumption. For the low-down on the origins of
EBCDIC and ASCII, take a look at http://www.bobbemer.com/P-BIT.HTM, written
by the "Father of ASCII", former IBM employee, Bob Bemer.

Cheers

Derek

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