Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 00:23:14 GMT, Ron Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> declaimed > the following in comp.lang.python: > > >>So how do I express a -0? Which should point to the gap after the last >>item. >> > > Step one: Obtain a processor that uses ones-complement arithmetic. > Ah, the good old Univac 418 ... [drools into beard and mumbles]
> Step two: Port Python to said processor... > Unfortunately the 418 would probably come in at about a micro-pystone, so perhaps we should emulate it on something more modern? regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
