29 Sep
2014
29 Sep
'14
6:06 p.m.
It was thus said that the Great Charles Anthony once stated:
As I understand the 1620, "operands" are variable length BCD. If we define
the C "int" as a single BCD digit, then the binary operators are straight
forward. Discuss: does a single BCD digit int produce a useful C
environment?
ANSI C mandates a short as being at least 16 bits, and a long as being at
least 32 bits, and an int no shorter than a short, and no longer than a
long. I don't think a single BCD digit would fit that criteria.
Going back to K&R ... um ... maybe? Perhaps? Can you address a single
BCD digit? If not, it may make char * a bit hard to support ...
-spc