Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!uwvax!oddjob!ncar!ames!amdahl!apple!bcase
From: bcase@Apple.COM (Brian Case)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: negative addresses (really unsigned arithmetic)
Message-ID: <10328@apple.Apple.Com>
Date: 17 May 88 17:58:43 GMT
References: <2393@uvacs.CS.VIRGINIA.EDU> <9485@apple.Apple.Com> <11571@ut-sally.UUCP> <1988May15.220044.12987@utzoo.uucp>
Reply-To: bcase@apple.UUCP (Brian Case)
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <1988May15.220044.12987@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
>As people have already pointed out, nasty surprises lurk in unsigned
>arithmetic, and it is potentially less efficient to boot (although on most

Now, wait:  how does unsigned arithmetic make it less efficient to boot
the machine?  :-) :-) :-) :-)

JUST KIDDING!  IT'S A JOKE, SON.