From: krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org   
      
   On 5/20/24 07:17, Krishna Myneni wrote:   
   > On 5/20/24 00:20, mhx wrote:   
   ...   
   >> Of course, you considered F/* instead of F*/. What is your   
   >> problem with that?   
   >>   
   >   
   > The issue is you have three fp numbers on the fp stack, from some   
   > source. If you can write a word which automatically selects between   
   > doing the sequence, F/ and F*, or the sequence, F* and F/, so that the   
   > intermediate quotient or product does not underflow or overflow, and   
   > produce a result which fits into the d.p. range, you will have   
   > effectively written F*/ (except for maybe a corner case or two).   
   >   
      
   Just for clarity, if a word which automatically selects between the two   
   sequences F/ and F* vs F* and F/ it will also have to re-order the   
   arguments so as to produce the intended F*/ on the original argument   
   sequence.   
      
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