Re: Any use for Branch if Even/Odd ?

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From: Larry Meadows
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 16:20

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>> In article <endecotp.723992157@cs.man.ac.uk>, endecotp@cs.man.ac.uk (Phil Endecott) writes:
>> |> Can anyone think of a use for the branch if even and branch if odd
>> |> instructions on the Alpha?  I'm completely baffled.

I haven't seen this mentioned -- in VMS Fortran, logicals are TRUE if odd
and FALSE if even.  Someone said that BLISS was the same way.  Of course,
this gives fits when mixing Fortran and C, or trying to retain VMS Fortran
compatibility on non-VMS systems.
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Larry Meadows		The Portland Group
lfm@pgroup.com

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From: lfm@pgroup.com (Larry Meadows)
Subject: Re: Any use for Branch if Even/Odd ?
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