Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!killer!ames!mailrus!uwmcsd1!jgd From: jgd@csd1.milw.wisc.edu (John G Dobnick) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: default broadcast address Message-ID: <6185@uwmcsd1.UUCP> Date: 10 Jul 88 06:08:51 GMT References: <8807090341.AA04490@bel.isi.edu>,<6184@uwmcsd1.UUCP> Sender: news@uwmcsd1.UUCP Distribution: na Lines: 31 I insert foot in mouth in article <6184@uwmcsd1.UUCP>, where I say: > This ["-1" is all 1 bits] is an easy trap to fall into, and vendors > especially should be particularly careful about this. Jon Postel in article <8807090341.AA04490@bel.isi.edu> replies: > ... please read RFC-1009 pages 14, 15, 35, 36, 44, 45. Indeed, RFC 1009 states in the text that "-1" is "all one bits". I stand corrected on this matter. Assuming "-1" is "all ones" is, to me, a 2's complement bias. Coming from a 1's complement environment, I misinterpreted this and shot my mouth off. Sorry, folks. I'm just learning about all this network stuff. [I still have a problem with some wording in RFC1009, but am not sure this is the proper place to raise it. Can someone advise me on this?] -- John G Dobnick Computing Services Division @ University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee UUCP:!uwvax!uwmcsd1!jgd INTERNET: jgd@csd4.milw.wisc.edu -- John G Dobnick Computing Services Division @ University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee UUCP: !uwvax!uwmcsd1!jgd INTERNET: jgd@csd4.milw.wisc.edu "Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight." -- William Safire