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To: SlickWillard
It's been a long time since I had a math class, so
how does [2^31 -1] +1 =-2^31 ? I don't see how you end up with a negative number

Bruce
72 posted on 07/27/2003 11:49:12 AM PDT by Bruce Kurtz
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To: Bruce Kurtz
The convention is that if the high-order bit is turned on, it represents a negative number.
74 posted on 07/27/2003 11:53:48 AM PDT by djf
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