Re: Internal handling of numeric data in Cobol -- COBOL400-L

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Subject: Re: Internal handling of numeric data in Cobol
From: "Leif Svalgaard" <leif@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 08:49:41 -0500
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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 simply test yourself.
Add up a billion numbers (or 10 million or whatever).
First try with pic s9(6) comp, then with s9(4) comp.
Tell us the result.

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