> First off, can you supply a list of architectures that are NOT 2's > complement integer math that are still made and in active use today? As far > as I can tell, there was only one signed-magnitude architecture ever > commercially available (and that in the early 60s) and only a few 1's > complement architectures from the 60s (possibly up to the early 70s) that > *might* still be in active use.
There are probably a couple hundred Unisys 2200 systems left in the world (no one really knows the true number). Of course, when the C standards were being drawn up, there were many more, with a small but significant share of the mainframe market. -- Will (C sucks)
