On 8/23/2010 10:53 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> "Shifting the decimal point" isn't a recognised mathematical operation,
> well, it wasn't when I took maths.  Multiplication and division are.
> Just because one takes a shortcut doesn't mean it's a different operation.

Shifts are perfectly legitimate mathematical operations. Many of the 
things computers do couldn't be done easily without a shift operation :P

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~Mike

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