From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,8b999ff6623b7d8c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1993-03-02 13:13:47 PST Path: sparky!uunet!ogicse!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!seas.gwu.edu!mfeldman From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Signed Numeric conversions Message-ID: <1993Mar2.042209.8344@seas.gwu.edu> Date: 2 Mar 93 04:22:09 GMT Article-I.D.: seas.1993Mar2.042209.8344 References: <2884@oodis01.af.mil> Sender: news@seas.gwu.edu Organization: George Washington University Date: 1993-03-02T04:22:09+00:00 List-Id: In article <2884@oodis01.af.mil> nelsonb@oodis01.af.mil (Contractor Bert Nelson) writes: > >I am trying to create a package that will handle the conversion of >Cobol signed numerics e.g. S999 into integer and Ada integer back >to a Cobol signed numeric, but every minute the package is becoming >more and more complicated. > etc. Much of what you are trying to do has already been accomplished in a set of packages collectively called ADAR, developed by (I believe) Bob Eachus, Dave Emery, and Ben Brosgol. Perhaps Bob or Dave will respond about the status of this. I have a several-months old version of it; Ben told me they were still doing cleanups. It will be distributed as PD software under CAUWG auspices, I think. Bob, Dave: back to you... Mike Feldman ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael B. Feldman co-chair, SIGAda Education Committee Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science School of Engineering and Applied Science The George Washington University Washington, DC 20052 USA (202) 994-5253 (voice) (202) 994-5296 (fax) mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Internet) "The most important thing is to be sincere, and once you've learned how to fake that, you've got it made." -- old show-business adage ------------------------------------------------------------------------