On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 09:06:22AM +0200, Edward Bartolo wrote: > Hi, > > Pg 78. "... our version of itoa does not handle the largest negative > number, that is, the value of n equal to -(2^(wordsize - 1))". > > Do these authors understand what negative numbers are?! Describing > -(2^(wordsize - 1)) as the LARGEST negative number clearly shows they > have no idea! > > For the set of integers, as is the case above, the largest negative > number is -1. The negative number being mentioned is the SMALLEST in > the set that can be represented by wordsize. >
The mentioned number is the largest in modulus, which is the one that requires the largest number of bits to be represented. So I can't understand your surprise... HND KatolaZ -- [ ~.,_ Enzo Nicosia aka KatolaZ - GLUGCT -- Freaknet Medialab ] [ "+. katolaz [at] freaknet.org --- katolaz [at] yahoo.it ] [ @) http://kalos.mine.nu --- Devuan GNU + Linux User ] [ @@) http://maths.qmul.ac.uk/~vnicosia -- GPG: 0B5F062F ] [ (@@@) Twitter: @KatolaZ - skype: katolaz -- github: KatolaZ ] _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
