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   Gerry Jackson   wrote:   
   >On 23/05/2024 12:14, albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl wrote:   
   >> And then 'u' . When was the last time you calculate a root between   
   >> 8FFF,FFFF,FFFF,FFFF and FFFF,FFFF,FFFF,FFFF  ?   
   >   
   >You mean that you are happy that USQRT fails for half the integers   
   >available to you. Anyway not everybody uses 64 bits.   
      
   If you claim that it works for unsigned numbers, then you have to   
   test for that. What happens to 0x8000 , a number where ABS doesn't   
   work? I'm happier ignoring those case, than writing tests for them.   
      
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