[Info-vax] VMS Software Q1 '23 Update

[Simon Clubley]

On 2023-01-28, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>
> I find it hard to see why one would bother with the risks
> of using floating point if a decimal type is available.
>
> VMS Basic has a decimal type.
>

Did RSTS/E Basic ever get a decimal data type, and if so, when ?

PDP-11 DIBOL had a decimal data type, but I don't know when DIBOL
was introduced to the PDP-11 (ie: was it _after_ David started
using RSTS/E Basic ?)

Simon.

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