Comment by spc476
3 years ago
Maybe you can answer a question I have: what companies are still supporting C compilers for sign-magnitude and 1s-complement machines today? I've been programming for almost 40 years now, and I have never come across any machine that is sign-magnitude or 1s-complement (I have encountered real analog computers---a decent sized one too---about 9' (3m) long, 6' (2m) high, and about 3' (1m) deep, requiring hundreds of patch cables to program).
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