Newsgroups: comp.arch Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: standard extensions Message-ID: <1991Feb26.232202.309@zoo.toronto.edu> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology References: <3381.27c548c3@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com> <1991Feb25.135057.23667@linus.mitre.org> <1991Feb25.201406.18643@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> <3439.27ca4e40@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com> Date: Tue, 26 Feb 1991 23:22:02 GMT In article <3439.27ca4e40@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com> herrickd@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com (daniel lance herrick) writes: >... Every hardware divide instruction >I have ever seen produces both quotient and remainder in one operation. Try reading the hardware manuals for the VAX or the NS32k series. Your experience seems to be limited. -- "But this *is* the simplified version | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology for the general public." -S. Harris | henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com