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Well, be sure to check out a COBOL compiler before you write it off. But it's certainly rare. BCD arithmetic is an artifact of history. The 4004 was targeting
by dbcurtis 10y ago
Well, be sure to check out a COBOL compiler before you write it off. But it's certainly rare.
BCD arithmetic is an artifact of history. The 4004 was targeting desktop calculators. And IIRC all of the microprocessors in the 8008/8080 era had some support for BCD.