Xref: utzoo comp.lang.c++:2196 comp.lang.c:14553 comp.lang.forth:722 comp.lang.fortran:1595 comp.lang.misc:2294 comp.arch:7467 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!mit-eddie!bu-cs!mirror!otto!jimi!unsvax!csc21824 From: csc21824@unsvax.UUCP (Jay) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.forth,comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.misc,comp.arch Subject: Re: Assembly or .... Message-ID: <397@unsvax.UUCP> Date: 4 Dec 88 22:27:11 GMT References: <949@taux01.UUCP> <606@poseidon.ATT.COM> <622@krafla.rhi.hi.is> Reply-To: csc21824@unsvax.uucp (Jay) Organization: University of Nevada System Computing Center Lines: 16 In article <622@krafla.rhi.hi.is> einari@krafla.UUCP (Einar Indridason) writes: >In article <606@poseidon.ATT.COM> ech@poseidon.ATT.COM (Edward C Horvath) writes: >>does anyone have an example of a common processor that DOESN'T give you the >>remainder and quotient at the same time? I don't know the Intel chips, so >>perhaps the original author just knows that the *86 divide doesn't do this. The 8086 divide doesn't? Then I'd like to know why my integer-to string conversion routine works? It repeatedly divides the number by 10, saving the remainder --------------------------------------------------------------------- This space for Rent Eric J. Schwertfeger CIS [72657,1166] or csc21824%unsvax.uns.edu Disclaimer:These are just the mad ramblings of a man forced to use vi once too often, and as such, should be ignored.