Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site kobold.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!security!genrad!grkermit!masscomp!kobold!tjt From: tjt@kobold.UUCP Newsgroups: net.arch Subject: Re: Re: Complement Arithmetic - (nf) Message-ID: <264@kobold.UUCP> Date: Wed, 1-Feb-84 03:40:29 EST Article-I.D.: kobold.264 Posted: Wed Feb 1 03:40:29 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 2-Feb-84 01:28:56 EST References: <5260@uiucdcs.UUCP> Organization: Masscomp, Westford, MA Lines: 10 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 ...!{ihnp4,harpo,decvax}!masscomp!tjt (617) 692-6200 x275