The PrOp says:

| There are two signed-decimal formats,
| signed-packed and unsigned-packed.

This is clear.  It is also clear that mixing them combined with
data-type punning can lead to disaster.

Finally, it is clear that Mr. Comstock is not so well read in the
current, i.e., 2008, PrOp as he should be.  He and others should do
their homework before they pontificate.  In one of John McCarthy's
favorite apothegms: Do the math or shut up.

John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA

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