On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, Ruud Baltissen wrote: > > Perhaps because the compare-branch algorithm uses > > fewer cycles ;-) > > IMHO a better reason is that the first approach is a pure trick without > logical background and therefor hard to understand. Anyway it is the first > that I saw a program using the decimal mode. Question out of curiousity: > does anybody know circumstances where it is better to use the decimal mode > above the binary? When making a calculator? ;) Do all math in BCD. - This message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing list. To unsubscribe: echo unsubscribe | mail cbm-hackers-request@dot.tml.hut.fi.
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