On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:38:56 -0400, J R wrote: >Right, but I think it's fairly clear that they >were both talking about the same thing. > ... and I chose the term simply because I can never remember which systems number bits left-to-right, and which right to left, or start with 0, or start with 1. And I think the IBM 704 didn't even number the sign bit -- it was simply "S", and didn't (sometimes) participate in shift instructions.
>> Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:16:43 -0500 >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >"Nope"? Where do you perceive us to be in disagreement? >> >... >> >> There's a slight semantic difference. "Sign" vs. "flag". Two different >> uses of the same high order bit, neither of which is compatable with >> a 32 bit address. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
