On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 22:27:43 -0500, "D. Hazelton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So almost all the rules around the signs of types are because of a single, > historical machine. Hence the rules about "char" being unsigned by default > and "int" being signed by default are because of the nature of the PDP-11. >[...] > Now: There is no reason for the behavior that came from the nature of the > PDP11 to have survived, but because it was in "The White Book" it made it > through the ANSI standardization process. > > Now that this history lesson is over... ... we can remember that char is signed on PDP-11. Mvu hah hah hah ha, only serious. Check how movb works. -- Pete - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
