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- From: gah@u.washington.edu (G. Herrmannsfeldt)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: quick decision: is n a power of 2?
- Date: 1 Feb 1996 19:46:06 GMT
- Organization: University of Washington
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- References: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960119114608.18779E-100000@io.UWinnipeg.ca> <TANMOY.96Jan21104404@qcd.lanl.gov> <4e6rs0$dvl@ns.RezoNet.NET> <9601251245.AA12220@dxmint.cern.ch> <822791542snz@genesis.demon.co.uk>
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- Are there any ones-complement machines (I think CDC used to make them),
- with C compilers that generate the two's complement for -u on an unsigned int?
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- I suppose it makes a little sense, but are there really any?
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- And, for that matter, what about BCD machines? Maybe they are rare, too.
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- -- glen
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