Hi Peter, Bill Klein actually submitted a SHARE requirement for Decimal Floating Point, and it's now an 'Uncommitted candidate' on the RFE system - https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=89952, so it's actually closer than you might think.
Cheryl Watson -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Farley, Peter x23353 Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 6:09 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Error in a simple COBOL program Write it in assembler and call it from COBOL. Or bribe the IBM COBOL team to slip in support for Decimal Floating Point variables next year whether it is profitable to IBM or not. Oh, and BIT variables would be cool too. Peter -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Bill Woodger Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 6:00 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Error in a simple COBOL program The PoP gets me wondering how to create a "Simulated Quantum Exception" from COBOL... -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
