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Wait. Are you using the octric system. In this country we use imperioctal.
Backs slowly toward the door. But seriously, folks, I did two years of "Computer Technology" at Purdue. That's COBOL and that shit. Played with assembler, that taught me patience.
Quote from: Noisy Rhysling on February 12, 2019, 11:30:27 AMBacks slowly toward the door. But seriously, folks, I did two years of "Computer Technology" at Purdue. That's COBOL and that shit. Played with assembler, that taught me patience.COBOL (my second language) had its advantages. One relevant to this discussion, as I recall, was the ability to do math in decimal cents without floating point rounding problems.
COBOL (my second language) had its advantages. One relevant to this discussion, as I recall, was the ability to do math in decimal cents without floating point rounding problems.
Quote from: Mr. Beagle on February 13, 2019, 09:41:17 AMCOBOL (my second language) had its advantages. One relevant to this discussion, as I recall, was the ability to do math in decimal cents without floating point rounding problems.The rest of us just stored currency amounts in integer cents and divided by a 100 for display purposes when the time came.