[Info-vax] VMS Software Q1 '23 Update

[Dave Froble]

On 2/1/2023 8:17 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2023-01-31, Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2023-01-31 14:07:05 +0000, Simon Clubley said:
>>
>>> I would not disagree with that. Having never really used DEC Basic, I
>>> had forgotten about them until you brought them up.
>>>
>>> Did they exist back in the V4 days when David started writing his code ?
>>
>> VAX/VMS V3.x BASIC apps usually used integers, and used numeric strings
>> via the VAX/VMS RTLs.
>>
>
> Actually, the V4 reference here was to RSTS/E, not VAX/VMS... :-)
>
> Interesting story however, and shows just how easy it is to screw up
> using FP.
>
> Something just occurred to me while writing this: does the latest solution
> to everything :-) (ie: Rust) still allow you to directly compare two floating
> point numbers ?
>
> Based on a quick search, the answer would appear to be yes, which was
> a bit of a surprise...
>
> Simon.
>

I'm assuming you're referring to comparisons for equality, but, greater than and 
less than are also comparisons.

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