I am glad that Tony Harminc responded to Frank Swarbrick's question, and his Cowlishaw reference is an excellent one.
There is another, summary answer to Frank's question. All arithmetic that is currently done in packed decimal can better and should be done instead in DFP. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
