May be!
I was thinking of an IBM 1130' s implementation. It was a while back and=20
my rememberer may have drifted a bit.
Explicit typing is the only sure fix.

On 5/2/2014 5:30 PM, smplx wrote:
> On Fri, 2 May 2014, John Ferrell wrote:
>
>> >At least in older systems:
>> >The MostSignifcantBit designates a negative number when it =3D=3D1.
>> >Think of it as mixing orange juice and potatoes.
> No it's not:-)

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