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by hmng 517 days ago
From one of the blog posts:

> 8080 assembly (Altair 8800) > > First time I've heard of binary-coded decimals

I’m really surprised with that, that someone with such broad interests never heard of BCD. I mean, there’s is always something new to learn all the time, don’t get me wrong, nothing to criticize, just plain surprised. Wonder if that is just something older people came across?

3 comments

Old PL/I programmer here. I’m still trying to forget BCD’s from the 80’s!
I learned about BCD when I was learning x86 assembly and have never came across them later. They are gone in x64.
I did learn binary-coded decimals in college 5 years ago.