Answer
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Work Step by Step
Creating a Bare Bones routine to perform division without a remainder is an interesting challenge. Bare Bones is a minimalist programming language often used for educational purposes, featuring only a few simple commands. Here's how you can achieve division of X by Y, discarding any remainder:
```plaintext
; Assume X and Y are already initialized with positive values and Y != 0
; The result of the division will be stored in RESULT
; TEMP will be used to hold temporary values
clear RESULT
clear TEMP
while X not 0 do
copy X to TEMP
clear X
while TEMP not 0 do
dec TEMP
dec Y
if Y not 0 then
skip
else
clear Y
; Here, place the original value of Y again
; Assume Y_INIT holds the initial value of Y
copy Y_INIT to Y
inc RESULT
endif
endwhile
endwhile
```
In this pseudocode:
- We use a loop to decrement X, simulating division by decrementing X and Y in tandem.
- When Y reaches 0, we've "counted down" one full division, so we increment our RESULT by 1 and reset Y to its original value (Y_INIT).
- This continues until X is fully decremented down to 0, at which point RESULT holds the division result, disregarding any remainder.
Note: This pseudocode assumes the presence of some operations ("copy" and "skip") not traditionally part of Bare Bones for illustrative purposes. Adjustments may be necessary depending on the specific constraints and capabilities of your environment.
