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From: gah@hood.hood.caltech.edu (Glen Herrmannsfeldt)
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Subject: Re: standard extensions
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Date: 27 Feb 91 03:14:01 GMT
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In the common hardware implementation of the divide instruction
the remainder is automatically generated.  It is left in the
register after the rest is subtracted off.  Most high level
languages throw it away.  Most machines generate it anyway,
because it is already there.


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