How to multiply two ints and check

[Chris Torek]

In article <4700038 at m.cs.uiuc.edu> robison at m.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
>There is a much simpler, faster, and machine-independent way to check
>for multiplication overflow --- check the product by division.

Alas, by then it is too late: your program has crashed.  (Not on a
VAX, nor on a Sun nor a Tahoe nor Encore, but on some machines, yes.)
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