The subject wants to divide a by b, the text wants to divide b by a.
I'll go by the latter.
Ruud wrote,
I need a general division recipe.
I now have this:
* 1^0
*$ $a^0
*$ -$b^0
Why are you making sure that a >= b?
Does anyone have a better approach? Preferably one that
can cope with negative numbers too.
The only place you're not coping with negative numbers is where you
subtract b, and I don't know why you're doing that in the first place.
I've illustrated in the past how to subtract a number that might be
negative:
* $ $b^-2 HOST ?? ^^.|.^^
The problem you'll run into is with $=. It will always report an
integer, any fractional part being rounded in the direction toward +1.
So unless a is a multiple of b, you won't get an accurate answer anyway.
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