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PL/I & Assembler :: RE: A not very Christmassy PL/I tale, with some assembler mixed

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Author: prino
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2016 10:14 pm (GMT 5.5)

steve-myers wrote:
I agree with Prino this should produce relatively simple Assembler code.

I rarely venture into PL/I, so I'm not sure what

dcl seconds fixed (15,6); means. My best guess is it means 15 digits, of which 6 digits represent a fraction. In other words PL8. Is this correct?


You are correct about (15,6), 8 bytes, 15 digits and 6 of them fraction.
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