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From: sef@kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: standard extensions
Message-ID: <1991Feb27.072337.15089@kithrup.COM>
Date: 27 Feb 91 07:23:37 GMT
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In article <3439.27ca4e40@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com> herrickd@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com (daniel lance herrick) writes:
>But I still have to obfuscate the code with
>        q = dividend / divisor
>        r = dividend % divisor  /* even the operator is bad */
>when what I want is
>        (q, r) = dividend divided by divisor

ANSI C has a function div(int, int) which returns a vector.  In the form of
a *struct*, mind you, but gcc has, I believe, some extensions which allow
doing such things easier.

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