a # 1 60 R ' c#a sub b ' a # a,[1] '"multiprecision integer subtraction ' a # a,[1] ' c#(a#fix a)add_b#fix b ' a # a,[1] ' $0 ' a # a,[1] '"sub - multiprecision integer subtraction ' a # a,[1] '"from ''the apl handbook of techniques'' copyright 1978, ibm. ' a # a,[1] '"-subtract b from a, giving c, using multiprecision integer ' a # a,[1] '" arithmetic; a and b may be in any numeric format, c will ' a # a,[1] '" be mp integer. see Gadd. ' a # a,[1] '"-uses: Gadd Gfix ' Lfx a