.) Metz
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Bridges
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Subject: Re: PL/I integers (was: Constant Identifiers)
All of this is really fascinating
All of this is really fascinating (and no, I'm not being facetious): A
bunch of apparently knowledgeable PL/1 programmers cannot agree on a point
that would seem to have a single indisputable answer. Rather than keep on
saying "yes it is" / "no it isn't", couldn't one or two of you from both
ssion List on behalf
> of Robin Vowels
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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.
Discussion List on behalf of
Robin Vowels
Sent: Monday, September 7, 2020 5:49 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
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 numer
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.
