Re: A trick question


"Gio" <giomancer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Well, I'd like to thank you all for your answers. Not sure that I
understand them, but I shall study them. :)

You need to study "two's complement arithmetic" which is what your compiler
and computer appears to be using (as opposed to "one's complement
arithmetic" or "sign magnitude"). Search for those terms on the internet.
Then the answers will make sense.

Paul


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