On Wed, 19 Jul 2017 17:58:47 -0400, Steve Smith wrote: >Bill's suggestion is a vast improvement. But I can't understand why IBM >publishes examples that seem to be written (by a student) for System/360. >Not to mention that actually dividing by 2 was naive even then. > That's what I was thinking.
>Convert the code to use this new thing, 64-bit registers, and you'll need >half the instructions and none of the silly games. > But ETOD is now 128 bits. Still, isn't a 128-bit dividend supported. Remainder is usually inconsequential. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
