Re: Variable length/precision formats?

Walter Spector wrote:
James Giles wrote:
glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:
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I suppose the CDC character set didn't have " or '.

No, it didn't.

Yes, it did. The DISPLAY code values were 64B and 70B respectively.
Though if a site were using the 'scientific' print train on their line
printers, the glyphs would appear as a 'not equal' (an equal sign with
a vertical bar through it) and as an 'up arrow'.

Well, I'll take your word for it. I can't find my old documentation.
I don't remember ever using " or ' on the old CDC machines and
I had always thought they weren't there.

--
J. Giles

"I conclude that there are two ways of constructing a software
design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously
no deficiencies and the other way is to make it so complicated
that there are no obvious deficiencies." -- C. A. R. Hoare


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