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   wolfgang kern to John   
   Re: Hex 2 Bin   
   14 Apr 18 00:17:28   
   
   From: nowhere@never.at   
      
   Kerr-Mudd,John wrote:   
   ...   
   > Sadly it gives incorrect results if a negative number is used in divide,   
   > e.g. -21/3; a/-b gives 0.   
   >   
   > also divide by zero isn't spotted.   
      
   Yeah, DIV were/is always a problem ... we better avoid it and work with   
   reciprocal MUL (SS, Newton_Raphson or similar methods) whenever possible.   
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   wolfgang   
      
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