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   Kerr-Mudd, John to R.Wieser   
   Re: ITOA in 65 bytes   
   16 May 21 20:56:36   
   
   From: admin@nospicedham.127.0.0.1   
      
   On Sun, 16 May 2021 19:56:56 +0200   
   "R.Wieser"  wrote:   
      
   > Robert,   
   >   
   > > No, see the code of the current routine I also posted.   
   >   
   > Missing : the current routine.   
   >   
   > > For what it's worth, -32768 is problematic for all routines posted, it   
   > > doesn't change sign when negated!   
   >   
   > :-)  You forgot that after the sign change part you have an unsigned value.   
   > And in that mode 0x8000 is decimally represented as 32768.  The initial code   
   > Terje posted, with its "xor dx,dx" (instead of the later, shorter "cwd"),   
   > does the job as expected.   
      
   Sorry. I blame the tester (me).   
      
      
      
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