Stan Sieler wrote:

>> That a function to do A=B+x, was supplied, and not, x=A-B, is unexplainable.

>Did you submit an enhancement request via HP ESC (aka ITRC)?

Yes.

...
>and did you post to HP3000-L to let us know about the problems?

No - because I was way too upset at the time.  I knew I would say something I would
regret.

>...Indeed, it's more likely that updating the upper 32 bits is *MORE* useful on
>HP-UX and non-large-MPE because this increases the chances that the programmers
>mistake will be caught!...

I absolutely agree, and tried this argument, and was told that customers were
depending on the current behavior.

I am still looking at your "test.c" which was on a separate post.

Ken.

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