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Re: Legacy program for PowerBASIC?

From	"Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.basic.powerbasic
Subject	Re: Legacy program for PowerBASIC?
Date	2012-02-15 14:08 +0000
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Bob Zale wrote:

> On Feb 14, 10:47 am, "Auric__" <not.my.r...@email.address> wrote:
>
>> Found the bug. Try this line in PB/Win or PB/CC:
>>   ? FORMAT$(1000000000000000001&&,"#_")
>
> Hello Auric,
>
> I'm afraid that's only partially accurate.  In PowerBASIC, ASCII-
>>BINARY->ASCII conversions are performed up to a mantissa length of
> eighteen decimal digits, as documented.  This substantially exceeds
> the 16-digit limit imposed by Microsoft compilers, and it is the
> design and algorithm recommended by Intel.

My apologies, then. I wasn't aware of that.

> So, while you may have "wishes" for something different, PowerBASIC is
> functioning just as designed and "advertised".  If you feel an
> extension is desirable, I'd recommend you submit a PowerBASIC Feature
> Suggestion at http://www.powerbasic.com/support/request.html  As
> always, we consider the needs and wishes of our customers very
> carefully.  This is the best way to make that information available.

Again, my apologies. I guess I just made a bad assumption. (And I almost 
never use QUADs anyway; I had to dig to find the code I posted.)

The only "extension" I truly desire is for the long-ago-promised Linux 
version. (I can live without 64-bit ints.) I'm using FreeBASIC *far* more 
than PB nowadays simply for the Linux support.

-- 
Last time I got an offer like this, there were some catches.

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  Re: Legacy program for PowerBASIC? Bob Zale <noreply@powerbasic.com> - 2012-02-13 03:10 -0800
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