Chapter 8. ADVANCED ARITHMETIC
This chapter deals with those arithmetic operations for which assembly language is especially well suited. It covers four main topics: extended-precision arithmetic, arithmetic on operands whose sizes are different, decimal arithmetic, and computation via table lookup.
By far, the most extensive subject this chapter covers is multiprecision arithmetic. By the conclusion of this chapter you will know how to apply arithmetic and logical operations to integer operands of any size. If you need to work with integer values outside the range ±2 billion (or with unsigned values beyond 4 billion), no sweat; this chapter shows ...
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