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From: jeff@heurikon.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.arch
Subject: Re: Complement Arithmetic
Message-ID: <188@heurikon.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 28-Jan-84 20:19:58 EST
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Posted: Sat Jan 28 20:19:58 1984
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I like the notion that ones complement has the "advantage" of not
getting an overflow from complementing the "most negative number".
To get this advantage, however, they've had to sacrifice the most
negative twos complement number.  So what have you gained?  You've
just made it impossible to *produce* the error by reducing the range.

By using the same logic we could cure all those people on net.* who
like to drive fast.  We simply make it a non-problem by removing
their ability to drive.  We could chop off their heads.  :-)
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