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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Byte Addressability And Beyond
Date: Wed, 8 May 2024 05:54:50 -0000 (UTC)
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On Tue, 07 May 2024 22:01:36 -0600, John Savard wrote:

> But the third item is character stirings, used in input and output to
> represent numbers. They should be the same as packed decimal to make
> conversion between the two simpler.

No, because character string conversion is subject to localization issues.