Re: PL/I suggestions

Re: PL/I suggestions

[Ken Garlington]

robin wrote:
> 
> Who has wanted to do multiple precision integer arithmetic?

I believe there is a reusable Ada package available to do
arbitrary-precision integer arithmetic. It could probably
be recoded in PL/I if you wanted something that's not built into
the language. I just moved my browser from a Mac to a PC, so I
don't have the link handy; perhaps someone on comp.lang.ada
could help you out...

> Who would like to see a CARRY built-in function that returns
> 0 or 1 depending on whether the previous add yielded no carry
> or a carry, respectively?  (or some other better way,
> short of having any specified precision implemented!)
> 
> What about functions that return arrays?
> 
> I'd like to see a portable UNSPEC, that returns the bits
> the "right" way around for integers and characters, at least.

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