> From: Mike Cowlishaw [SMTP:
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> Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 6:18 PM
>
> Yes, the enhanced BigDecimal for Java is indeed about done. The
> prototype for it has been available since 1999 (you can find it from
> my website, /decimalj -- and it's open source. It was written in
> NetRexx of course.
>
> > How much of the specification is reality in NetRexx? Are the
> > NetRexx decimal routines an early version of the current specs?
>
> NetRexx basically has all you need, and yes, that BigDecimal class is
> derived almost directly from the NetRexx Rexx class.
>
Does this mean what it (almost) implies, that the Java BigDecimal
class is written using NetRexx not Java coding? Or was the class retrofitted
to Java?
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