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From: Terje Mathisen <terje.mathisen@tmsw.no>
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Subject: Re: Short Vectors Versus Long Vectors
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 23:58:34 +0200
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MitchAlsup1 wrote:
> Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, 23 Apr 2024 18:36:49 -0500, BGB wrote:
> 
>>> DIV:
>>> Didn't bother with this.
>>> Typically faked using multiply-by-reciprocal and taking the high result.
> 
>> Another Cray-ism! ;)
> 
> Not IEEE 754 legal.

Well, it _is_ legal if you carry enough bits in your reciprocal...but at 
that point you would instead use a better algorithm to get the correct 
result both faster and using less power.

Terje

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