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From: karl@ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer)
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Subject: Re: Style guides and portability
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Date: 16 Jan 91 19:33:34 GMT
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In article <1291@mti.mti.com> adrian@mti.UUCP (Adrian McCarthy) writes:
>But does "pure binary numeration system" imply that you can't make an
>ANSI-compliant C compiler for a BCD machine?

Sort of.  More precisely, the compiler would have to generate code that makes
the machine emulate a binary architecture where necessary.  (E.g. for "|".)

Karl W. Z. Heuer (karl@ima.isc.com or uunet!ima!karl), The Walking Lint