odd and even numbers

[Paul D. DeRocco]

> From: Mark Wieder
> 
> The problem with things like mod and "/" is that they're expensive in
> terms of scaling: they're about 3.5 times slower than "last char".

Is that because values are always converted to binary and back to a string
when doing arithmetic, or because the arithmetic itself is done in BCD? Does
anyone know how the engine works?

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Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
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