[GreenKeys] Polar relays anyone?

[tony.podrasky]

On 05/14/2015 07:34 PM, Jones, Douglas W wrote:
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> From: tony.podrasky [tony.podrasky at gmail.com]
>
> What do you add to a negative zero to arrive at a positive zero?
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>
> The fact that positive and negative zero have differing
> representations implies that you're using either a
> signed magnitude notation or something like one's
> complement binary.
>
> In the 1's complement number system, adding
> positive zero to positive zero produces positive zero,
> and adding negative zero to negative zero produces
> negative zero.  Adding negative zero to positive zero
> (or visa versa) produces negative zero.
>
> So, you can add negative zero to positive zero to get
> negative zero, but there's nothing you can add to
> negative zero to make positive zero.
>
> Is that entirely clear?
>                     Doug Jones
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Well - it took most of a 12-Pack of India Pale Ale, but yeah - now it is.

'course right now nothing else is "entirely clear"...


regaards,
Toe-knee.


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