JIM%BROWNVM@RICE.EDU (James Mathiesen) (08/02/89)
Further discussion probably belongs on the REXX list, but -- VM/SP REXX stores all values, numeric or otherwise as character strings. Arithmetic operations are done as algorithmic operations on the strings. It isn't quick, but it is often very useful. (The more digits you want, the more CPU time it costs. But then you don't have to spend time writing fancy extended precision routines either). james