RE: converting string to a numeric

["James H H Lampert" <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I have to back Hans up on this one, sub stringing numbers is ludicrous.

I'm afraid I have to side with Joe. But I do think the MOVE and MOVEA
statements ought to have come with some sort of "pad" or "fill" option.
Rather like the CPYBLAP and CPYBRAP opcodes in MI, vs. CPYBLA and CPYBRA.

And I stand by my assertion that free-source-format languages should
remain free-source-format, while fixed-source-format languages should
remain fixed-source-format, because imposing an unnatural source format on
a language (rather than creating a derivative language in which the new
source format is natural) really screws up readability.

And may I bring up another assertion: there is no such thing as a
programming language that is ideal for ALL purposes. And there never will
be. So we should all learn as many languages as we can, and study their
strengths and weaknesses, and learn to develop mixed-language
applications.

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JHHL