On 6/13/23 09:42:56, Seymour J Metz wrote:
In both cases they are treated numerically as a whole, For logical instructions the
operands are treated as unsigned numbers. The distinvtion goes back to the vacuum tube
("valve" for you Brits) machine, well before S/360.
Citation needed.
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But it's jargon, exempt from requirement for explanation.
I would have chosen "Unsigned" but others might argue that
would refer to the magnitude, ignoring the sign bit. Etc.
And there may have been trademark entanglements with opcode
mnemonics.
--
gil
