Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!sunybcs!ugfailau From: ugfailau@sunybcs.uucp (Fai Lau) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: What's Wrong here? Message-ID: <6949@sunybcs.UUCP> Date: Wed, 2-Dec-87 00:43:33 EST Article-I.D.: sunybcs.6949 Posted: Wed Dec 2 00:43:33 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Dec-87 09:08:22 EST References: <278@westmark.UUCP> <6755@brl-smoke.ARPA> <6855@sunybcs.UUCP> <6761@brl-smoke.ARPA> <312@etn-rad.UUCP> <6767@brl-smoke.ARPA> Sender: nobody@sunybcs.UUCP Reply-To: ugfailau@joey.UUCP (Fai Lau) Organization: SUNY/Buffalo Computer Science Lines: 48 Xref: mnetor comp.lang.c:5683 comp.sys.ibm.pc:10695 In article <6767@brl-smoke.ARPA> gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB)) writes: >In article <312@etn-rad.UUCP> jru@etn-rad.UUCP (John Unekis) writes: >-In article <6761@brl-smoke.ARPA> gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) ) writes: >->In article <6855@sunybcs.UUCP> ugfailau@joey.UUCP (Fai Lau) writes: >->>In article <6755@brl-smoke.ARPA> gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) ) writes: >->>That is, when the sign bit is turned on as >->>a result of bit shifting, it can not be turned off again,...... >->Is this REALLY true of the 80*86 family? If so, it's the only >->architecture I've ever heard of that behaves this way...... >-No, It is not true. I think Doug was confused by the difference between a >-logical shift instruction, and an arithmetic shift. ... > >I'm afraid I confused you by including one too many "... writes:" lines. >I (Doug) am well aware of the differences between types of shifts. >However, Fai Lau posted a fascinating "correction" to my correct response, >claiming a new and unusual form of brain damage, presumably for the 80*86 >architecture (since these messages have been cross-posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc). > It's a no-no, Doug. For a while I thought you had to be one of those mischievious little brats that whouldn't listen but keep insisting on fooling around with their old man's PC. But then I had my doubt. You know how to spell "brain damage". Nevertheless It is quite amusing to observe the hilarity of your attempt at commanding the written language. Despicable manners aside, your inability of organizing ideas in words can only be matched by your ignorance of facts so prominently displayed in your paltry writing. As those of us who have noticed that particular article I posted have already know, the only thing that I even came close to "correcting" you was on the issue of whether overshifting in C is defined. I had my opinion. And I was speaking more from a system point of view. I wasn't interested in the science of the programming language. But of course this whole thing I wrote left your miniscule mind utterly perplexed and hopelessly confused. But then I had no intention of lowering myself to speak at your level. Well, folks, I better stop before it gets out of hand. I understand that this kind of bantering is very inappropriate for this news group, but someone's got to do the dirty job of putting Doug in his place, before he again posts anything offensive and mindless they way he did. Remember, Doug, a man is never too old to learn, or too young to get spanked! ;-):-);-):-);-P:-|;-P:-| Fai Lau SUNY at Buffalo (The Arctic Wonderland) UUCP: ..{mit-ems|watmath|rocksanne}!sunybcs!ugfailau BI: ugfailau@sunybcs