[Info-vax] New VSI Roadmap (yipee!)

[David Froble]

Scott Dorsey wrote:
> David Froble  <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>> Richard Maher wrote:
>>> On 3/2/2015 11:09 AM, David Froble wrote:
>>>> Regardless, what's a language doing, not having a rounding function?
>>> Why is any serious commercial programmer implementing money as a 
>>> floating-point datatype?
>> In 1973 the only data types supported by RSTS/E were word integers, 
>> single and double FP, and strings.  At that time we used what was available.
> 
> When that is the case, you use integers for cents, then you use input and
> output routines that deal with the decimal point.
> 
> Lots of folks did it and still do, when they don't have pic types or bcd
> types available.
> --scott
> 

Oh, yeah, let me see.  $ -327.68 to $ 327.67 would be quite useful.

I'm beginning to feel that I'm surrounded by young know-it-alls. 
Perhaps a few sessions with TKB and other relics from the past might 
open some eyes.