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- From: fabre@gr.osf.org (Christian Fabre)
- Subject: Integers implementation
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.144502.17520@osf.org>
- Sender: fabre@osf.org (Christian Fabre)
- Organization: Open Software Foundation
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 14:45:02 GMT
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- Hello,
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- I have a question about integers representation.
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- Most of today architecture use 2's complement scheme to represent
- signed integers. About other possibilities, like 1's complement,
- I have the following questions:
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- - What are their advantges ?
- - What are their drawbacks ?
- - Are they usefull for any given set of aplications ?
- - Are they likely to pop-up in future processor design ?
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- Any input welcome, please reply by news.
-
- Christian.
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- #include <disclamer.h>
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