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Fri Sep 2 13:22:16 EDT 2005 · http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2005-September/316245.html

Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
> On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 00:23:14 GMT, Ron Adam <rrr at ronadam.com> declaimed
> the following in comp.lang.python:
> 
> 
>>So how do I express a -0?  Which should point to the gap after the last 
>>item.
>>
> 
> 	Step one: Obtain a processor that uses ones-complement arithmetic.
> 
Ah, the good old Univac 418 ... [drools into beard and mumbles]

> 	Step two: Port Python to said processor...
> 
Unfortunately the 418 would probably come in at about a micro-pystone, 
so perhaps we should emulate it on something more modern?

regards
  Steve
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