On 2014-08-17, at 15:16, John Gilmore wrote: > What is a negative absolute value? > Jargon conflict. Assembler symbols may be either relocatable or absolute. An absolute (in that sense) symbol may have either a positive or a negative algebraic value. But it's unclear how Binymin's assertion supports his assertion, or weakens mine, or is unambiguous between the two conventions, or even makes much sense at all.
-- gil
