[Info-vax] RealWorldTech on Poulson

[Paul Sture]

In article <iutd01$ijp$1 at solani.org>,
 Michael Kraemer <M.Kraemer at gsi.de> wrote:

> I doubt that. 64bit FP was already standard (via IEEE),
> and there was only little use for 64bit integers,
> except maybe VMS timestamps :-)

I remember using 64 bit integers in COBOL programs in financial systems, 
and they were very useful for accuracy to the penny for large sums.

(Of course COBOL had packed decimal too, but that took more storage)

-- 
Paul Sture