Long multiplication: Difference between revisions

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"/ Doing decimal arithmetic with words holding values 0..99
"/ (running on a decimal machine from the 1940's)
"/ (smile: anyone remember Knuth'sthe MIX machine?)
"/ I assume we have a multiplication unit, which can multiply two 2-digit words to a 4 digit word.
"/ (if that is too much, we can easily go back to 1 digit, or 1 bit).
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