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To: PBRCat
At 6:53 AM the official NWS report listed -0 ° F at the Holland, MI airport.

Minus 0 ?? is that colder than plus 0 ?

16 posted on 12/27/2017 8:17:15 AM PST by ASA Vet (Make American Intelligence Great Again.)
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To: ASA Vet
Minus 0 ?? is that colder than plus 0 ?

Zero implies a ternary value range from -0 to 0 to 0+. Basically it goes from the left side of the digit (-0) to the right (0+). 0 can be represented by a bisected character similar to this Ф.

44 posted on 12/27/2017 9:00:31 AM PST by Disambiguator (Keepin' it analog.)
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To: ASA Vet

Minus zero is possible in computers.

Assembler on the univac is

LN,U A0,0

Result in a 36-bit word is 777777777777

Negative zero.


68 posted on 12/27/2017 3:53:27 PM PST by ImaGraftedBranch (The love of many has grown cold. Come, Lord Jesus.)
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