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.)
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.)
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
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