BL=DVCOMP(DL1,DL2) $(DEGREE VECTOR COMPARISON. BL=1,0, OR -1 ACCORDING AS DL1 IS GT, EQ, OR LT DL2 IN THE INVERSE LEXICOGRAPHICAL ORDERING OF MONOMIALS. MAY 17 79 DSA.) SAFE JL1,EL1,JL2,EL2,CL1,CL2. (1) CL1=DL1. CL2=DL2. WHILE CL1 NE () AND CL2 NE () DO (ADV2(CL1.JL1,EL1,CL1). ADV2(CL2.JL2,EL2,CL2). IF JL1 GT JL2 THEN (BL=1. RETURN). IF JL1 LT JL2 THEN (BL=-1. RETURN). IF EL1 GT EL2 THEN (BL=1. RETURN). IF EL1 LT EL2 THEN (BL=-1. RETURN) ). IF CL1 NE () THEN (BL=1. RETURN). IF CL2 NE () THEN (BL=-1. RETURN). BL=0. RETURN.. #JfBk