Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!ptsfa!lll-tis!mordor!sri-spam!rutgers!topaz.rutgers.edu!ron From: ron@topaz.rutgers.edu.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: NULL, zero, and readable code Message-ID: <13222@topaz.rutgers.edu> Date: Wed, 8-Jul-87 14:43:57 EDT Article-I.D.: topaz.13222 Posted: Wed Jul 8 14:43:57 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Jul-87 15:04:46 EDT References: <8170@brl-adm.ARPA> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 11 I assume Thad's message is sarcasm but it's sure to cause people to respond, so why should I be any different. 1. NULL is not supposed to be a definition ASCII NUL character but rather as a mnemonic for an invalid pointer in C. 2. On two's complement machines, 0 is zero in any base. -Ron What does ANSI C say about -0 on ones complement machines?