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| Krishna Myneni to Hans Bezemer |
| Re: DLSHIFT and DRSHIFT |
| 01 Apr 24 19:56:52 |
From: krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org On 4/1/24 10:18, Hans Bezemer wrote: ... > The only viable alternative is: > > : DLSHIFT ( xd1 n -- xd2) 0 ?do d2* loop ; > : DRSHIFT ( xd1 n -- xd2) 0 ?do d2/ loop ; > DRSHIFT cannot be coded with D2/ which is an arithmetic right shift, i.e. it preserves the sign bit. DRSHIFT has to pad from the left with zero bits. -- Krishna --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2) |
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