Stan Sieler ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
: (Ok, HP, *you* can try to claim the default NM operation is
: correct, but if it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck... :)
I assume they decided this because it takes an extra instruction to
sign extend shorts.
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