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From: tjt@kobold.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Re: Complement Arithmetic - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 1-Feb-84 03:40:29 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb  1 03:40:29 1984
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Mike Andree (..!uokvax!andree) has suggested using "-0" on a
one's-complement machine to represent an illegal value for
uninitialized variables.  He was hoping that this would result in no
extra (software) cost.

Unfortunately, TANSTAAFL: somebody has to initialize those
uninitialized variables with the illegal value.
-- 
	Tom Teixeira,  Massachusetts Computer Corporation.  Westford MA
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