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From: davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: F.P. vs. arbitrary-precision
Message-ID: <2644@crdos1.crd.ge.COM>
Date: 10 Sep 90 16:10:12 GMT
References: <3755@osc.COM> <4513@taux01.nsc.com> <119244@linus.mitre.org> <1660@s6.Morgan.COM> <2534@l.cc.purdue.edu>
Reply-To: davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.com (bill davidsen)
Organization: GE Corp R&D Center, Schenectady NY
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In article <1660@s6.Morgan.COM>, amull@Morgan.COM (Andrew P. Mullhaupt) writes:

> As for integer divide, less of a case can be made, and I can do without
> it. Although integer quotient and remainder are probably computed
> simultaneously, some languages (like C) force one to get those results
> separately. If this wasn't the case, probably integer divides would
> take up 25% less of our time.

  Actually ANSI C does provide a function which does just what you said,
and a type (div_t) which contains the two values. And you can define it
builtin if your implementation desires.
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bill davidsen	(davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen)
    VMS is a text-only adventure game. If you win you can use unix.