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Re: RfD: 2s-Complement Wrap-Around Integers

From "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.forth
Subject Re: RfD: 2s-Complement Wrap-Around Integers
Date 2015-05-25 10:13 -0700
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <mjvl68$6om$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References <2015May25.185819@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at>

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on 25/05/2015 09:58:19, anton ertl wrote:
> Problem
> 
> Many programs depend on 2s-complement representation of negative
> integers (e.g., assuming that TRUE is -1), and on wraparound behaviour
> on integer overflow, and should declare an environmental dependency on
> these features. These programs should become unconditionally standard
> programs.
> 

TRUE NEGATE

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=%2B1

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RfD: 2s-Complement Wrap-Around Integers anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-05-25 16:58 +0000
  Re: RfD: 2s-Complement Wrap-Around Integers "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2015-05-25 10:13 -0700
    Re: RfD: 2s-Complement Wrap-Around Integers Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-05-25 21:45 +0200
  2nd RfD: 2s-Complement Wrap-Around Integers anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-06-03 09:05 +0000

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