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From: "Martin Dowie" <martin.dowie@baesystems.com>
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Not sure about that division - wouldn't New_Value simple become 0?

Beard, Frank <beardf@spawar.navy.mil> wrote in message
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> Chris,
>
[snip]
>
>    For division:
>
>       Register := ...
>
>       New_Value := Register / delta;
>
>       if (New_Value > Register) then
>          -- underflow
>        else
>          Register := New_Value;
>       end if;