Re: Summary of responses - Conversion to C++

SSR <sivar@SanDiego.NCR.COM> writes:
> 3. Many respondents pointed out that even with a converter and assuming
> straight conversion, there may be many aspects of COBOL which might
> create problems like
> ...
> b) requirement of additional C++ libraries to support decimal (money)
> classes and picture clause editing that will be rampant in a
> commercial application.


Of all the things you have mentioned, isn't the above mentioned lack
of a decimal data type the most problematic? Decimal data types are
are fundamental and important in most COBOL applications. I have a
hard time seeing how this could be done efficiently in C/C++.


What languages, other than COBOL and PL/1, support decimal data types?


Walt
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Walt Spector
(wws@renaissance.cray.com)
Sunnyvale, California
[Cobol doesn't require decimal arithmetic, although it makes the
implementation easier. Careful use of fixed point with scaling should
be adequate. -John]
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