On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 3:41 PM, Tony Harminc <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 12 April 2017 at 14:50, John McKown <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > With respect to the PoPS, "Convert UTF-8 to Unicode" is exactly the same > > instruction as "Convert UTF-8 to UTF-16" and "Convert Unicode to UTF-8" > is > > the same instruction as "Convert UTF-16 to UTF-8". The results are > > documented in the instruction on the transformation results, but (of > > course) does not say exactly how it is implemented. > > > > The description of the algorithm is very well documented indeed in the > instruction description. You wanted maybe to see the silicon...? > Well, it does give _an_ algorithm which will give the identical results. But is that the _actual_ algorithm implemented in the hardware/millicode? Or is it only "descriptive"? I don't really know & it doesn't really matter to me. I just need to know the end result in order to use the instruction. > Tony H. > > -- "Irrigation of the land with seawater desalinated by fusion power is ancient. It's called 'rain'." -- Michael McClary, in alt.fusion Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
