Re: COMP-? / Extension USAGEs (was: The redefines clause & comp-3


On 8-Aug-2005, "William M. Klein" <wmklein@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Even for USAGE Packed-Decimal and Binary, the Standard doesn't "dictate"
> exactly
> how the data is stored - only what "radix" must be used.

It's amusing that we're supposed to switch from COMP-3 to Packed-Decimal because
it sounds as though it is more standard that way, even though that is a fiction.
.

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