Re: Tahoe and Alpha Architectures

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From: Charlie Gibbs
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2018 18:16

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On 2018-04-28, Gene Wirchenko <ge...@telus.net> wrote:

> On Sat, 28 Apr 2018 10:40:18 -0000 (UTC), "Kerr-Mudd,John"
> <nots...@invalid.org> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 23:39:27 GMT, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <ste...@eircom.net> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 16:33:29 -0500
>
> [snip]
>
>>>> True should return *one*...  zero is false.
>>> 
>>>      In C yes, but the value returned by main is handed to the 
>>> execution environment, in this case a shell where 0 is true and
>>> any non-zero value false.
>
>> -1 is true all else is false. Bring back ones complement!
>> </loony heretic>
>
>      That is *two's* complement.  Please get your heresy right.

"Two's complement, three's a crowd."  -- Stan Kelly-Bootle

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