Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-crg!rutgers!brl-adm!brl-smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: (unsigned)-1 Message-ID: <5460@brl-smoke.ARPA> Date: Mon, 15-Dec-86 14:51:41 EST Article-I.D.: brl-smok.5460 Posted: Mon Dec 15 14:51:41 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Dec-86 18:53:58 EST References: <1382@hoptoad.uucp> <8322@lll-crg.ARpA> <2221@eagle.ukc.ac.uk> <10429@sun.uucp> <518@brl-sem.ARPA> <559@cartan.Berkeley.EDU> Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB)) Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD. Lines: 6 In article <559@cartan.Berkeley.EDU> ballou@brahms (Kenneth R. Ballou) writes: >Actually, I think (unsigned) -1 does have to give you a bit pattern of >all 1's. It can't, on a one's-complement machine. -1 is $FFFFFFFE or something similar on these.