On Tue, 14 Jan 2025 19:26:00 +0000, Seymour J Metz  wrote:

>NUMERIC DIGITS
> 
I prefer ==.
o No need to chose the right DIGITS value.
o Fewer CPU cycles.

As always, it depends on the specification of the problem.

If I were designing REXX from the start, I'd swap the meanings of "=" and "==".

More intuitive -- things that look the same would compare as same.

>________________________________________
>From:  Paul Gilmartin 
>Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2025 2:11 PM>
>
>On Tue, 14 Jan 2025 18:47:35 +0000, Schmitt, Michael wrote:
>>
>>Fun fact: just last week I found a bug! The macros considered lines with 
>>these two keys to be duplicate lines:
>>
>>7475269191210720
>>7475269191211080
>>
>>REXX mavens will know why. I've fixed that bug.
>>
>Was the fix to replace "=" with "=="?

-- 
gil

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