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From: rentsch@unc.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.arch
Subject: Re: Right shift vs. divide
Message-ID: <855@unc.unc.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 18-Jan-86 01:35:31 EST
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Posted: Sat Jan 18 01:35:31 1986
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Reply-To: rentsch@unc.UUCP (Tim Rentsch)
Organization: CS Dept, U. of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Summary: 

All this argument over whether divide == right shift for negative
arguments is pretty irrelevant.  As every good systems hacker knows,
[computer] division is only defined when both the operands are
positive!   :-)

If that isn't enough for you, try looking at rules for fixed point
division in PL/I.  Now answer this simple question:

	What is  25 + 1/3  ?  (Hint:  same as   25 + (1/3) ).

[One final thing:  no flames about this not belonging on newsgroup
X, and answers to /dev/null, please.  And add my vote for ending the
discussion of right shift versus divide right now!]