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Re: How to create a 128 bit type in C

From scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal)
Subject Re: How to create a 128 bit type in C
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
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Date 2017-03-30 17:55 +0000

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Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> writes:
>On Thu, 30 Mar 2017 13:36:30 GMT, scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal)
>wrote:
>
>>Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> writes:
>>>On Wed, 29 Mar 2017 13:13:22 GMT, scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal)
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>>*Mostly that's independent of the internal format of the type - if you
>>>>>define your 18 decimal digit field as having a binary format, you'll
>>>>>get a 64-bit format on most machines.  Or if you specify a BCD-ish
>>>>>format, you'll usually get 9 or 10 bytes, depending on the
>>>>>implementation and whether or not the field is signed.
>>>>
>>>>If you use this architecture <http://vseries.lurndal.org/doku.php>,
>>>>you'll find support for 100 digit decimal fields built-in (including
>>>>addressing to the digit/nibble) (and no concept of word size).
>>>
>>>
>>>Yes, which I why I said "most" and "usually".  IBM's 1401 considerably
>>>pre-dates the rubs-rough medium systems, and had some similar features
>>>(and also had a Cobol compiler).  The Burroughs systems have the
>>>advantage of having existed (outside of emulation and museums) much
>>>more recently than 1401s.
>>
>>Actually the 1401 was first shipped in 1960, while the Electrodata
>>220 (the predecessor to the Burroughs B200 (1961) and Burroughs B2500 (1967))
>>was already shipping (and the 202 had been shipping for 6 years at
>>that point).  The're all BCD machines.
>
>
>While I can't speak to the Electrodata 220, the Burroughs B200 did not
>support the ~100 digit decimal fields that the later Burroughs 2500
>systems did.  The B200 coded the length of both fields in arithmetic
>instructions as 1-12 digits.

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  Re: How to create a 128 bit type in C BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-03-28 16:42 +0100
    Re: How to create a 128 bit type in C acidlategamer@gmail.com - 2017-03-28 09:15 -0700
      Re: How to create a 128 bit type in C BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-03-28 19:15 +0100
  Re: How to create a 128 bit type in C Norbert_Paul <norbertpauls_spambin@yahoo.com> - 2017-03-28 17:44 +0200
  Re: How to create a 128 bit type in C scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2017-03-28 16:29 +0000
    Re: How to create a 128 bit type in C Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2017-03-28 10:52 -0700
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        Re: How to create a 128 bit type in C jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2017-03-28 20:17 +0200
          Re: How to create a 128 bit type in C David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-03-28 21:17 +0200
      Re: How to create a 128 bit type in C scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2017-03-28 18:09 +0000
    Re: How to create a 128 bit type in C jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2017-03-28 19:52 +0200
      Re: How to create a 128 bit type in C scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2017-03-28 18:11 +0000
        Re: How to create a 128 bit type in C BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-03-28 19:21 +0100
          Re: How to create a 128 bit type in C jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2017-03-28 20:29 +0200
            Re: How to create a 128 bit type in C scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2017-03-28 18:55 +0000
              Re: How to create a 128 bit type in C jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2017-03-28 21:04 +0200
          Re: How to create a 128 bit type in C Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2017-03-28 12:13 -0700
            Re: How to create a 128 bit type in C Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2017-03-28 16:14 -0500
              Re: How to create a 128 bit type in C scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2017-03-29 13:13 +0000
                Re: How to create a 128 bit type in C Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2017-03-30 00:12 -0500
                Re: How to create a 128 bit type in C scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2017-03-30 13:36 +0000
                Re: How to create a 128 bit type in C Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2017-03-30 12:41 -0500
                Re: How to create a 128 bit type in C scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2017-03-30 17:55 +0000
                Re: How to create a 128 bit type in C scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2017-03-30 17:59 +0000
                Re: How to create a 128 bit type in C Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2017-04-01 00:42 -0500
                Re: How to create a 128 bit type in C scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2017-04-03 13:37 +0000
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          Re: How to create a 128 bit type in C Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2017-03-28 16:37 -0500
            Re: How to create a 128 bit type in C jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2017-03-28 23:56 +0200
              Re: How to create a 128 bit type in C Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2017-03-28 18:36 -0500
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              Re: How to create a 128 bit type in C Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2017-03-28 19:30 -0500
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              Re: How to create a 128 bit type in C Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2017-03-30 00:42 -0500
      Re: How to create a 128 bit type in C Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-03-28 11:40 -0700
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