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Re: Decimal versus binary arithmetic was Re: J4 - presentation/discussion on "Future of the COBOL Standard"

by Howard Brazee <howard@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Apr 7, 2008 at 08:09 AM

On Sat, 5 Apr 2008 10:54:00 -0600, "tlmfru" <lacey@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>To make correct arithmetic using only binary possible, it seems to me
that
>ALL numbers must be implicitly scaled to remove the decimal point.  If
that
>is your meaning, Robert, then you haven't made it clear.  Binary
fractions
>cannot be represented accurately - period.

Some can.   Some decimal fractions cannot be represented accurately by
the measurement I believe you are using.

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"Frank Swarbrick&quo

2008-04-01 13:14:46

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Clark F Morris <cfmpub

2008-04-01 19:29:05

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Binyamin Dissen <posti

2008-04-02 10:18:01

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Alistair <alistair@[EM

2008-04-05 14:39:44

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Robert <no@[EMAIL PROT

2008-04-05 18:46:10

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Richard <riplin@[EMAIL

2008-04-07 21:53:28

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Richard <riplin@[EMAIL

2008-04-07 22:09:08

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Robert <no@[EMAIL PROT

2008-04-08 22:05:16

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"Rick Smith" &l

2008-04-09 10:16:29

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Richard <riplin@[EMAIL

2008-04-07 22:16:47

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Michael Wojcik <mwojci

2008-04-08 16:57:05

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Richard <riplin@[EMAIL

2008-04-07 22:29:07

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Robert <no@[EMAIL PROT

2008-04-08 21:59:07

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Richard <riplin@[EMAIL

2008-04-07 22:41:07

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Richard <riplin@[EMAIL

2008-04-07 22:54:32

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Clark F Morris <cfmpub

2008-04-08 10:31:39

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docdwarf@[EMAIL PROTECTED

2008-04-08 14:48:38

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Richard <riplin@[EMAIL

2008-04-08 21:41:10

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Robert <no@[EMAIL PROT

2008-04-09 19:19:26

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Richard <riplin@[EMAIL

2008-04-09 18:45:59

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"Frank Swarbrick&quo

2008-04-03 18:42:16

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Robert <no@[EMAIL PROT

2008-04-04 00:13:23

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"William M. Klein&qu

2008-04-04 05:52:42

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Robert <no@[EMAIL PROT

2008-04-07 22:41:47

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Howard Brazee <howard@

2008-04-04 07:50:39

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Robert <no@[EMAIL PROT

2008-04-04 19:51:24

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docdwarf@[EMAIL PROTECTED

2008-04-05 01:39:33

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Robert <no@[EMAIL PROT

2008-04-04 21:54:44

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docdwarf@[EMAIL PROTECTED

2008-04-06 02:23:46

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Robert <no@[EMAIL PROT

2008-04-07 22:39:38

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Howard Brazee <howard@

2008-04-08 08:47:27

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Robert <no@[EMAIL PROT

2008-04-08 20:39:22

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Howard Brazee <howard@

2008-04-09 07:51:19

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Robert <no@[EMAIL PROT

2008-04-09 20:00:40

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Howard Brazee <howard@

2008-04-10 07:36:17

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Howard Brazee <howard@

2008-04-10 08:53:22

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Howard Brazee <howard@

2008-04-09 07:53:32

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Robert <no@[EMAIL PROT

2008-04-09 19:54:10

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Howard Brazee <howard@

2008-04-07 08:07:32

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"tlmfru" <la

2008-04-05 10:54:00

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Robert <no@[EMAIL PROT

2008-04-05 18:18:13

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"tlmfru" <la

2008-04-07 11:08:23

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Robert <no@[EMAIL PROT

2008-04-07 21:11:04

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"tlmfru" <la

2008-04-08 11:00:52

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Howard Brazee <howard@

2008-04-07 08:09:26

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"tlmfru" <la

2008-04-07 10:49:27

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Howard Brazee <howard@

2008-04-07 08:04:00

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"HeyBub" <he

2008-04-04 08:53:49

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Robert <no@[EMAIL PROT

2008-04-04 21:19:36

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"Pete Dashwood"

2008-04-05 17:34:51

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docdwarf@[EMAIL PROTECTED

2008-04-05 14:03:36

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Howard Brazee <howard@

2008-04-07 08:12:37

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2008-04-07 20:24:59

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