----- Original Message ----- From: "Seymour J Metz" <sme...@gmu.edu>
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Sent: Monday, September 07, 2020 5:33 AM


PL/I doesn't have integers.

PL/I has always had integers.

The ratiio 4/3 is FIXED BIN,

No it not.  It is FIXED DECIMAL -- as I said a few days ago.
And it hasn't changed since.

with some number of bits after the binary point.

DECIMAL digits after the decimal point, because the reault
is FIXED DECIMAL, not binary.

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