PL/I doesn't have integers. The ratiio 4/3 is FIXED BIN, with some number of bits after the binary point.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Paul Gilmartin <0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Saturday, September 5, 2020 11:33 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Constant Identifiers On Sat, 5 Sep 2020 08:13:42 +1000, Robin Vowels wrote: > >As for writing formulas, I prefer to follow a well-known formula, thus: > >volume = 4/3 * 3.14159 * radius**3 > Beware! Than might left-associate as: volume = ( 4/3 ) * 3.14159 * radius**3 ... and the quotient of integers, 4/3, is 1. >However, if I'm interested in efficiency, I'd prefer > >volume = 4 * 3.14159E0 / 3 * radius**3 > ... (and correct.) -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
