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Re: Internal handling of numeric data in Cobol

From: Leif Svalgaard <leif@leif.org>
To: <cobol400-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 8:49 AM
Subject: Re: Internal handling of numeric data in Cobol


> From: Greg Spohr <GSpohr@DOTFOODS.com>
>
>
> > I have recently been told that    "COBOL programs run more
> > efficiently when numeric fields are defined as odd length
>
> this is correct. You can make a simple test yourself.
> Add up a billion numbers (or 10 million or whatever).
> First try with pic s9(6) comp, then with s9(4) comp.  <== s9(5) comp
> Tell us the result.
>

too fat-fingered here, should be 5 digits.

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