Sree wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> can some body suggest functions to emulate HP-3000 decimal packed
> operations on AIX? Any open source /AIX library functions available to
> achieve similar results?? what I mean to say is,
> some thing similar to these functions on HP-UX,
>
> http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-60105/hppac.3X.html
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Sree

I think you are better off writing the two conversion functions
and doing all of the arithmetic in longs or doubles. I thought this
debate ended around 1975. Are there still people worrying
whether decimal arithmetic is "more accurate"?

-- S