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From: ark@alice.UucP (Andrew Koenig)
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Subject: Re: Shift by negative quantity
Message-ID: <5753@alice.uUCp>
Date: Sat, 5-Jul-86 11:46:43 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jul  5 11:46:43 1986
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> Question: Is shifting by a negative quantity defined (that is,
> probably means the other shift.) I could find no mention in K&R.

You apparently didn't look on page 189, where it says:

	"The result is undefined if the right operand is negative,
	 or greater than or equal to the length of the object in bits."