On 05/22/2016 06:23 AM, Toby Thain wrote:
> I didn't mean performance - I meant programmer effort to ensure
> robust/correct code. The Grishman book didn't reassure me, but thanks
> for the additional info.
Well, if you consider it carefully, does zero really have a sign? So,
the convention of
On 2016-05-22 3:10 AM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 05/21/2016 07:34 PM, Toby Thain wrote:
Don't underestimate the headache of handling two zeroes.
At least on the CDC iron, it was never much of a problem. The primary
way you got -0 as a result (without resorting to boolean operations),
was subtrac
On 05/21/2016 07:34 PM, Toby Thain wrote:
> Don't underestimate the headache of handling two zeroes.
At least on the CDC iron, it was never much of a problem. The primary
way you got -0 as a result (without resorting to boolean operations),
was subtracting -0 from -0. The ZR/NZ operations worke
On 2016-05-21 10:56 PM, Jon Elson wrote:
On 05/21/2016 09:34 PM, Toby Thain wrote:
On 2016-05-21 10:26 PM, ben wrote:
On 5/20/2016 7:19 PM, Sean Conner wrote:
Hehe, what is a long long? Yes, you are totally right. Still, I assert
that C is still the defacto most portable language on Earth. W
On 5/21/2016 8:56 PM, Jon Elson wrote:
On 05/21/2016 09:34 PM, Toby Thain wrote:
On 2016-05-21 10:26 PM, ben wrote:
On 5/20/2016 7:19 PM, Sean Conner wrote:
Hehe, what is a long long? Yes, you are totally right. Still, I assert
that C is still the defacto most portable language on Earth. Wha
On 05/21/2016 09:34 PM, Toby Thain wrote:
On 2016-05-21 10:26 PM, ben wrote:
On 5/20/2016 7:19 PM, Sean Conner wrote:
Hehe, what is a long long? Yes, you are totally right.
Still, I assert
that C is still the defacto most portable language on
Earth. What other
language runs on as many OS's
It was thus said that the Great ben once stated:
> On 5/20/2016 7:19 PM, Sean Conner wrote:
>
> >>
> >>Hehe, what is a long long? Yes, you are totally right. Still, I assert
> >>that C is still the defacto most portable language on Earth. What other
> >>language runs on as many OS's and CPUs ? Non
On 2016-05-21 10:26 PM, ben wrote:
On 5/20/2016 7:19 PM, Sean Conner wrote:
Hehe, what is a long long? Yes, you are totally right. Still, I assert
that C is still the defacto most portable language on Earth. What other
language runs on as many OS's and CPUs ? None that I can think of.
A lo
On 5/20/2016 7:19 PM, Sean Conner wrote:
Hehe, what is a long long? Yes, you are totally right. Still, I assert
that C is still the defacto most portable language on Earth. What other
language runs on as many OS's and CPUs ? None that I can think of.
A long long is at least 64-bits long.
