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===Flagged tasks?===
It should be noted that definitions (elsewhere and here) refer to this method as multiplying of two integers, other
<br>definitions (referred to here) use the phrase "multiplication of two numbers" where "integers" is meant.
<br>The method here (may) work for some negative integers, but as generally stated, will work for only positive integers,
<br>depending on whether the multiplier or multipicand is positive. Almost all of the examples (except for REXX) won't
<br>handle most cases of negative integers. Some won't work for zeros, but I didn't want to throw stones, as this is
<br>easily fixed. [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] 22:15, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
==Flagged tasks without separate named routines for half, double, even==
I am sure that most languages could dispense with those requirements of the task spec and create a smaller program, but I think people should refrain and stick to the spec so examples can be easily compared, and the page doesn't get to long. I flagged a number of examples accordingly. It was hard doing this for the x86 assembly - the routine might have been similarly coded in a multitude of assembly languages for machines without multiplication, but in the end - it doesn't answer the task. Sorry. --[[User:Paddy3118|Paddy3118]] 06:34, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
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