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From: resnicks@netcom.COM (Steve Resnick)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: BCD arithmetic libs
Message-ID: <1991Apr22.235920.28780@netcom.COM>
Date: 22 Apr 91 23:59:20 GMT
References: <1991Apr13.211105.24615@beach.csulb.edu> <1991Apr16.103655.1851@isc.rit.edu>
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In article <1991Apr16.103655.1851@isc.rit.edu> ecldco@isc.rit.edu (E.C. Loyd) writes:
>In article <1991Apr13.211105.24615@beach.csulb.edu> sichermn@beach.csulb.edu (Jeff Sicherman) writes:
>>
>>  Are there any BCD (Binary Coded Decimal) / Packed Decimal arithmetic
>>libraries out there ? Would prefer for Fortran but C or assembler is
>>OK. Buyware/Shareware/Freeware all acceptable.
>>
>>Jeff Sicherman
>
>If you use Turbo C++, and if you're in to C++ (as opposed to C), they have
>BCD libraries available for their Turbo C++ package.  Of course, if you 
>don't care to use C++ (object oriented language) then this won't help you.

Why not? I use Borland C's BCD class without using other C++ features.
The code looks and acts like C. The only real difference from my perspective
is the mangled names in the .OBJ files.

Cheers!
Steve

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