Re: LONG, LONG math - aka 64bit math.... -- MI400

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From: Don <dr2@cssas400.com>
> Agreed that this is the MI list and the concern arose from a crypto
> routine written in C and ported to the 400...but the question still stands
> and also, it would be interesting as to how far down this implementation
> actually went in the MI vs simulating 64 bit math with 32bit op codes..:)

I will quibble a little bit here as to the meaning of "ported". A routine is
ported only if you take into account and correct for differences in
architecture, not because it happened to compile without errors.

But, in any event, simulating infinitely long numbers is easy.


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