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From: djs@actnyc.UUCP (Dave Seward)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Some VAX RTL 64 bit operations take only 32 bit operands.
Message-ID: <719@actnyc.UUCP>
Date: 7 Mar 88 21:15:47 GMT
References: <8803030021.AA12106@venera.isi.edu>
Reply-To: djs@actnyc.UUCP (Dave Seward)
Organization: InterACT Corporation
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In article <8803030021.AA12106@venera.isi.edu> stluka@software.ORG (Fred Stluka) writes:
>However, the LIB$EMUL and LIB$EDIV routines ... operate on 64 bit operands 
>returning 64 bit results.  To produce true 64 bit operators, you have 
>to use break up the operation into smaller parts ...
>The biggest problem you encounter is in avoiding spurious integer overflows
>caused by intermediate results exceeding 32 bits.  Many of the intermediate
>results you generate will be 32 bit quantities ...

I agree that the multiply and divide have to be broken up into constituent
operations, but I would expect to use 64 bit intermediate results that EMUL
and EDIV provide. Am I missing something?

    Dave Seward
    uucp!actnyc!djs