In my code I have declared loop counters as a packed decimal field
01 INDEX-FIELD.
03 P PIC S9(5) PACKED-DECIMAL VALUE 0.
Will it improve performance on a significant basis of the COBOL program in terms of CPU time etc., if i declare this field as BINARY.
usage of BINARY for arithmetic operations.
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