Programming challenge

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From: Walter Bright
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 18:00

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I have heard that there is a "well-known trick" for evaluating
	(a > b) ? a : b
in assembler language without using any jump instructions. I haven't
been able to discover what that trick is. Does anyone know?

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From: bright@nazgul.UUCP (Walter Bright)
Newsgroups: alt.msdos.programmer
Subject: Programming challenge
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Date: 30 Sep 92 18:00:46 GMT
Organization: Zortech, Seattle
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