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From: scjones@sdrc.UUCP (Larry Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.std.c
Subject: Re: all bits zero?
Message-ID: <1217@sdrc.UUCP>
Date: 21 Mar 90 22:42:53 GMT
References: <2108@gmdzi.UUCP>
Organization: SDRC, Cincinnati
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In article <2108@gmdzi.UUCP>, wittig@gmdzi.UUCP (Georg Wittig) writes:
> Does ANSI C require that in the internal representation of the integer constant
> ``0'' all bits are zero?

ANSI C requires a pure binary numeration system for all integral
types, so "yes".
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