Tim Streater wrote:
[Responding to “There is a lot to like about BCD.”]
> And do any processors/computers have hardware for that these days?
The modern X86 descendent processors from AMD and Intel implement AA{A,D,M,S}
instructions, which do the BCD adjustments associated with addition,
subtraction, multiplication and division. They do not work in 64-bit mode,
however. It would be interesting to know why not.
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