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Re:What every compiler writer should know about programmers ... by Kenji on Friday March 04, 2016 @07:54AM (#11223419)
Oh, what an awkward blunder. I know two's complement (that is why I talked about the degenerate case of minvalue). Why did I think this would work?
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Re:What every compiler writer should know about programmers ... by adwn on Friday March 04, 2016 @08:11AM (#11223482)
Maybe you were temporarily confused because the MSB is sufficient to test for negativity?
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