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Slide 17 of 24
Because the PIM programming environment is so comprehensive, the syntax of the Paracell language can be streamlined and it is consequently very easy to learn. There are only three types of Paracell statements: variable declaration, assignment and ifthen-else, as shown in the example above.
Of course, if-then-else statements can be nested indefinitely deep and all of the expected logical, boolean, arithmetic, transcendental, and modulo operators are provided.
In reviewing the data types shown above, note that:
1. Safe arithmetic means that when the result of an operation overflows or is undefined, this information is propagated forward through all subsequent operations.
2. Paracell numbers are fixed point numbers with four digits to the right of the decimal point.
3. Arrays of arbitrarily large dimensions of any of the above variables are supported.