> On Jun 11, 2026, at 8:09 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk <[email protected]> > wrote: > > A lot of systems used one's complement through the 1960s. I'm not really > sure why. Not just for integers but floating point also (as on the CDC > mainframes, and around the same time the Electrologica X8 with a slightly > different approach).
My understanding of it is, it makes the logic simpler. But the cost is software complexity. ok bear.
