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echo: quik_bas
to: BILL WHITE
from: HANS LUNSING
date: 1998-03-20 10:09:00
subject: Old Folks

Hello Bill
On Wednesday, 18 March 1998 16:44:02, you wrote to Rick Pedley:
 BW> If I remember correctly, Number%/2 will bring in the
 BW> floating-point module.
That's right.
 BW> I don't know if MOD does or not.
No, it doesn't, but it uses the assembler integer divide instruction IDIV.
It's faster than floating point, but less fast than handling bits.
 BW> I believe AND doesn't.
AND translates to the assembler instruction AND, so it does a simple
bit-wise comparison, and that's the fastest indeed.
Friendly greeting you,
Hans Lunsing,           Fido     : 2:500/104.6955
                        Internet : jlunsing@doge.nl
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