On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:56:26 -0400, John Gilmore wrote:
>
>I, and I am not alone in this, find the idea of doing arithmetic on
>display values absurd.  COBOL notionally permits this, but only by
>sleight of hand.  The to-and-fro conversions are hidden away in
>library subroutines.
> 
I notice you never say anything about Rexx.

-- gil

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