From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Suprise of comparison result
Date: 1999/10/18
Date: 1999-10-18T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7udvrl$npq$1@nnrp1.deja.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 7tke70$lf4$1@ash.prod.itd.earthlink.net
In article <7tke70$lf4$1@ash.prod.itd.earthlink.net>,
"David C. Hoos, Sr." <david.c.hoos.sr@ada95.com> wrote:
> I believe what happens is that the literals -32768 and 32767
^^^^^^
This is not a literal, very few languages have negative
literals (APL is an exception). Understanding this is
important in nearly all languages.
To test your understanding, what is the result of
-5 mod 3
Most people get this wrong!
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1999-10-18 0:00 ` Robert Dewar [this message]
1999-10-18 0:00 ` Suprise of comparison result Ted Dennison
1999-10-19 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-10-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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1999-10-18 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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1999-10-11 0:00 ` Compiler Warnings (Was: Suprise of comparison result) Nick Roberts
1999-10-18 0:00 ` Suprise of comparison result Robert Dewar
1999-10-18 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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