Re: COBOL compiler
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 10:46, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 17:22, bob parker wrote:
> > On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 00:25, Ron Johnson wrote:
> >
> > I particularly like the way it deletes the most significant figure(s)
> > when you get an overflow in a numeric field. Or so it did last time I had
> > anything to do with it.
>
> Must have been a compiler option or implementation decision. Our
> programs machine checked on overflow.
Or maybe I'm just showing my age! - This was in the 1970's.
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