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  3. July 2002

Re: Ugh.

From: R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr. <rbruceh@attglobal.net>
> well, yes, but that's on the 400. COMP is implementor-defined to be
whatever
> the implementor wants as the fastest computational field storage on that
> architecture. So, 390 COMPs are binary.

it is SUPPOSED to be like this, but often the compiler writer
cheats and takes the easiest route. Last time I looked COMP
is packed and packed arithmetic IS slower than binary.

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