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"Zoned decimal must be always converted to packed before any math is done on it and then converted back to zoned."
You sure that is still true Alan? Back in the S/38 and early AS/400 days there was hardware support for packed operations - but I don't think that is true of the Risk machines. Larry, Jim or Mark (among others) might know.
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