"IBM Mainframe Assembler List" <ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> wrote on 04/29/2022 02:08:22 PM: > There has been a lot of discussion about the representation of > signed binary integers and the common operations of signed addition > and subtraction on these items. > > Since the introduction of the S/360 and continuing on through all of > its largely compatible successors, the representation of signed > binary integers has remained the same. > > For the sake of clarity I am going to paraphrase some of the text > found in the original S/360 Principles of Operation and the > z/Architecture Principles of Operation.
That's all well and good, but not germain to the issues being discussed in this thread. Thanks. Sincerely, Dave Clark -- int.ext: 91078 direct: (937) 531-6378 home: (937) 751-3300 Winsupply Group Services 3110 Kettering Boulevard Dayton, Ohio 45439 USA (937) 294-5331 ********************************************************************************************* This email message and any attachments is for use only by the named addressee(s) and may contain confidential, privileged and/or proprietary information. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender and delete and destroy the message and all copies. All unauthorized direct or indirect use or disclosure of this message is strictly prohibited. No right to confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any error in transmission. *********************************************************************************************