On 9/14/07, Saurabh Jain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Le me throw in my 2p too...
> >
> > Putting a+b as a - ( -b ) is not impressive.
>
> Hmmm... I think it was +b sign being replaced by (-(-(b)). Why would
> that change anything? I did not quite get it. I assume replacing +
> with -- above does not modify the value of b in any way. Does it?
Placing a - in front of b does not modify it, it just returns the
negation of b (where b + -b = 0, basic 7th grade or 8th grade math)
Note this is not the same as --b, the pre-decrement operator which
does modify b.
-- Brett
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