Re: What counts as technically s

[D.BALE@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

O.k. Leif, I'll bite.  What's so slick about that?  I gather that you don't
end up displaying '2'?  (5 - 7 = -2, but XX is unsigned, so it = 2?)

Dan Bale
IT - AS/400
Handleman Company
248-362-4400  Ext. 4952
D.Bale@Handleman.com
  Quiquid latine dictum sit altum viditur.
  (Whatever is said in Latin seems profound.)

-------------------------- Original Message --------------------------
From: Buck Calabro <Buck.Calabro@commsoft.net>
> James Kilgore gave a great example of something that's too slick (the old
> MDY-YMD date multiply trick.)  Are there any other contributions?

in COBOL:
02 XX PIC 9(4).
02 YY  PIC S9(4) VALUE 7.
02 ZZ  PIC S9(4) VALUE 5.
...
COMPUTE XX = ZZ - YY
DISPLAY XX
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