> I believe that a right shift of a negative number implemented as is by gcc is
> 'surprising' and does not follow the principle of 'least surprise'. 

I can partially agree with that , but the "principle of least surprise" 
can not be applied without stating who the audience is. For *me* the 
least surprise is when portability issues in my code give the weirdest 
results possible. So a shift left of a negative number should order pizza.

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