EW> Yes, but AFAIK not all numbers with the high bit set are negative
EW> numbers. 1's would be '-0', just as all 0's would be '+0'.
TT> 
TT>  CC>     All ones is -1  (0xff...)
TT>  CC>     All zeros is 0  (0x00...)
TT> 
TT> He was talking about 1-complement systems, and thus about the portability
TT> problem of the high-bit check for a negative value.
    I don't quite remember onez complement. Is the following true?
    0000 0001 bin  one as a positive char
    1111 1110 bin  toggle all bits
    1111 1111 bin  add one to make one as a negative char
    Or is that 2's complement.
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