> > > I need an unsigned divide, but could live with a signed divide as
> > > the magnitude of numbers I am working with are less than 2^30.
> > > Remainder or lack of is not critical.  If I need it I could derive a
> > > remainder externally to the routine.
> >
> > This is discussed in Section 9-2 of Hacker's Delight, 2nd edition.  It
> > is a page and a half of C code.
> >
> > >From the book: "The details are surprisingly complicated."
> >
> > You can read the code if go to the book's page at Amazon and "search
> > inside this book" for "Multiword Division".  But buy the book if you ca=
n.
>=20
> Looks like you can download the code at http://www.hackersdelight.org/

Further to that, scroll down the web page to where it talks about downloadi=
ng the revisions that convert a first edition to second edition. One of the=
 sections in the download appears to be a new section 9-5 'Doubleword divis=
ion from Long Division'.=20


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