Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site cbosgd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ka From: ka@cbosgd.UUCP (Kenneth Almquist) Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Re: Accountants, Finance, Language Message-ID: <554@cbosgd.UUCP> Date: Wed, 5-Dec-84 17:33:18 EST Article-I.D.: cbosgd.554 Posted: Wed Dec 5 17:33:18 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 6-Dec-84 06:03:56 EST References: <62@vax2.fluke.UUCP>, <252@desint.UUCP> <4721@utzoo.UUCP> Reply-To: ka@hou3c.UUCP (Kenneth Almquist) Organization: Bell Labs, Columbus Lines: 4 One additional point: not all machines have hardware support for BCD arithmetic. As it stands, the C language can be implemented *efficiently* on a reasonably large number of machines. Kenneth Almquist