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From: "Beard, Frank" <beardf@spawar.navy.mil>
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Subject: RE: RISC
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 12:52:20 -0500
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Date: 2001-03-29T12:52:20-05:00

Probably, I couldn't think of how division could cause it because
a remainder of less than one should become zero.  But it was late
and I figured someone else would check me on it.

Thanks
Frank

-----Original Message-----

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;



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