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> Is there any architecture that doesn't use twos complement (eg. uses separate sign bit + magnitude) and could run C code? I think such machines are pretty m
by MaxBarraclough 5y ago
> Is there any architecture that doesn't use twos complement (eg. uses separate sign bit + magnitude) and could run C code?
I think such machines are pretty much a thing of the past. This topic cropped up in a 2018 thread when C++ made the same change. [0]
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17190864 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17190864