RE: Entry Parameters

["Shaw, David" <dshaw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Campin [mailto:Alan.Campin@CaseLogic.com]

Since the AS/400 is a packed decimal machine, everything should be defined
where possible as packed decimal. This is the most efficient type for the
AS/400 to handle.

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Actually, it's my understanding that there's very little difference in
performance between zoned and packed arithmetic at the MI level and below.  The
OPM RPG III compiler is what historically had the preference for packed, since
it internally converts other formats to packed before using them in
calculations.  In contrast, the RPG II compiler for the S36EE is supposed to
prefer zoned because that's what it uses internally.

Dave Shaw
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