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Re:Making all your integers positive with zigzag encoding by 10000truths on Friday November 25, 2022 @10:07PM (#33749498)
In other words, a left rotation by 1 bit.
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Re:Making all your integers positive with zigzag encoding by pifm_guy on Saturday November 26, 2022 @02:29AM (#33750672)
No. From the typical 2's compliment number encoding used on all modern computers, it is not a simple rotation.

Think about the encoding of minus 1 for an example that differs...

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Re:Making all your integers positive with zigzag encoding by 10000truths on Sunday November 27, 2022 @02:50PM (#33766087)
Argh, you're right. Classic mistake of tunnel-visioning on a subset of the domain.
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