Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!rutgers!gauss.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!porthos.rutgers.edu!friedman From: friedman@porthos.rutgers.edu (Gadi ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Long and short integers Message-ID: Date: 23 Nov 88 16:28:44 GMT References: <8811221659.AA15060@hub.ucsb.edu> <986@umbio.MIAMI.EDU> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 31 To: dnelson@umbio.MIAMI.EDU In article <986@umbio.MIAMI.EDU> dnelson@umbio.MIAMI.EDU (Dru Nelson) writes: > Actually, every CPU designer recognizes the most signifigant bit on ^^^^^ > the left. As you said earlier, it is because that is the way the > number systems are set up. However, the only difference is where the > most signifigant byte is stored. As you already stated, ththe 65xx series > the most signifigant byte is lowest in memory. On 68xx and others the least > signifigant byte is lowest in memory. The msb and lsb are always > in the same position. > > p.s. that was a good explanation. > -- > Dru Nelson UUCP: ....!uunet!gould!umbio!dnelson > Miami, Florida MCI: dnelson > Internet: dnelson%umbio@umigw.miami.edu Never say "every". I friend of mind programs on Perken(sp?) Elmer machines. For them, bit 0 is the MSBit. We had lots of fun trying to interface our chip simulation subroutines that we wrote for a class. We both assumed 'our way' and all the numbers were reversed. Gadi -- uucp: {ames, cbosgd, harvard, moss}!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!friedman arpa: FRIEDMAN@ARAMIS.RUTGERS.EDU