Multiplying two shorts...

[Paul_L_Schauble at cup.portal.com]

> From: cik at l.cc.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin)
>> ark at alice.UUCP writes:
>> Wouldn't you rather risk having your program get the right answer
>> slowly rather than risk getting the wrong answer outright?

> [...] I find the attitude of
> "ark" execrable; this is what has produced our current bad software
> and also bad hardware.

Gee. If you don't mind getting the wrong answer, I can make ANY program
run a lot faster.

        RESULT = 0.
        RETURN
        END
 
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