Re: not enough real programmers? (was Re: Byte Magazine: 18 Vintage issues, 1985-1986)

[Spehro Pefhany <speff@interlog.com>]

In comp.arch.embedded Luc Van der Veken <lucvdv@null.net> wrote:

> > Ok, I found it in: http://www-cse.ucsd.edu/users/kube/stdc/types.html
> > minimum range for a long is (-2^31, 2^31). They don't force you to use
> > 2's complement but you do need 32 bits. ;-) 

> If those limits are inclusive, doesn't that make it require 33
> bits?  All ranges he lists on that page seem to have that same
> one-off error.

If you look at it carefully, he seems to use the convention (a,b)
to indicate non-inclusive ranges and [a,b] to indicate inclusive
ranges. 

Hence my comment above about not forcing the "off by 1" to the 
-ve or +ve side. 

> it seems like the official standard can't be found on the web

How much does it cost to buy? 

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