On 2020-09-08 00:15, Seymour J Metz wrote:
Did you read what I wrote? The code you wrote has nothing to do with
the expression I gave.
Oops, a typo.
The PUT should have read
PUT ( (I/J)*6 );
to produce 6.
How about
DECLARE (I, J) FIXED DECIMAL (15);
I = 4; J = 3;
PUT ((I/J*J));
That's nothing like what you wrote.
You wrote (4/3)*6
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Subject: Re: PL/I integers (was: Constant Identifiers)
On 2020-09-07 16:13, Seymour J Metz wrote:
PL/I has never had integers.
You are still wrong.
Recently you have made numerous erroneous claims about PL/I.
4 is an integer in PL/I.
3 is an integer in PL/I.
The arithmetic rules for scaled fixed
point are different from those for integers.
Scaled, with a scale factor other than zero and with
a fractional part, yes, because they are not then integers.
However, with scale factor of zero, they are integers.
In integer arithmetic,
(4/3)*6 is 6 That's not the result you get in PL/I.
With the following declarations, you'll get the same
result in PL/I, namely, 6:
DECLARE (I, J) FIXED DECIMAL (15);
I = 4; J = 3;
PUT (I/J);
will print 6
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