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Date:      Tue, 10 Oct 1995 22:15:46 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@kryten.Atinc.COM>
To:        Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Cc:        Paul Traina <pst@shockwave.com>, wollman@lcs.mit.edu, terry@lambert.org, ache@astral.msk.su, Kai.Vorma@hut.fi, current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: tail dumps core
Message-ID:  <Pine.3.89.9510102231.E21857-0100000@kryten.atinc.com>
In-Reply-To: <199510102049.NAA11050@phaeton.artisoft.com>

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On Tue, 10 Oct 1995, Terry Lambert wrote:
> > How could this possibly be allowed by the C standard?  I'm utterly
> > confused.
> 
> A non-two's complement machine?
> 
> I defy you to purchase one, however.  8-).

now terry, i used a cdc 6600 once (boy i hope that's the right number, 
its been a while ;)  twas a one's complement beast.  we used to work 
newbies over real good with 0 != 0 ;))


> 
> 
> 					Terry Lambert
> 					terry@lambert.org
> ---
> Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
> or previous employers.
> 

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