On Friday, Apr 2, 2004, at 08:24 US/Pacific, Ken Pergola wrote:

>
>> Provided that said native word width can represent numbers from
>> -32767 to +32767 inclusive, at a *minimum*.
>
>
> The original poster meant to write: -32768 to +32767.
>
Really?  The C standard dissallows ones complement machines?

-32768 to +32767 IS of course "AT LEAST ..."

BillW

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