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| - | * Finally, DECIMAL is a special type and the only reason it exists in XC=BASIC is because DECIMAL (or often called BCD - Binary Coded Decimal) numbers can be displayed on screen without the overhead of binary-decimal conversion. DECIMAL comes in handy when you want to display scores or other numeric information in a game relatively | + | * Finally, DECIMAL is a special type and the only reason it exists in XC=BASIC is because DECIMAL (or often called BCD - Binary Coded Decimal) numbers can be displayed on screen without the overhead of binary-decimal conversion. DECIMAL comes in handy when you want to display scores or other numeric information in a game rapidly. |
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