What arithmetic expression allows divide by 0?

Jon Perryman.

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> From: Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]>
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>OK.  Pure HLASM.  I've long wondered why division by zero is permitted
>in arithmetic expressions when otherwise overflows (even in division)
>are reported as errors.
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>The only rationale I can think of (and a poor one) is that it was
>initially an implementation oversight that was so rapidly codified
>by use that when it was discovered no repair was feasible.
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>-- gil
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