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From: robert@gitpyr.UUCP (Robert Viduya)
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Subject: Re: C needs BCD -- why BCD?  Accountants!
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Date: Mon, 19-Nov-84 07:56:18 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 19 07:56:18 1984
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> 
>     space
> 	There are a few cases where BCD actually uses less space than
> 	simple binary: on most machines, +/-99,999 requires you to go
> 	from 16 to 32 bits, but it fits in 6 bytes of BCD.
>

Uh, 6 bytes equals 48 bits on most machines.  
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Robert Viduya
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