In article , ?B?Z2FyeV9o?= wrote:
EBCDIC is an acronym for Extended Binary-Coded Decimal Interchange Code. It
is used mainly on mainframes. ASCII is used mainly on PC's. EBCDIC used
hexadecimal representation (i.e. 00 through FF). The letter A is C1, J is
D1, S is E2, zero is F0, space is 40, etc.

... and IIRC you can do "accurate" calculations (meaning rounding error
free) with it, as many calculators do. ?

Bruce

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people and the bad people. You're wrong, of course. There are, always and
only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides.

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