Random of zero

[Dar Scott]

On Wednesday, May 14, 2003, at 09:47 AM, Raymond E. Griffith wrote:

> With computers, however, -2^4 = 16. The computer does the negation 
> before
> the exponent, even though negation algebraically is multiplication. It 
> makes
> sense, since the representation of negative integers in binary reveals 
> no
> "negative" sign. It is just another number.

I have seen a programming language in which negation is an operator 
that is often optimized out.  I can't remember where I have seen it 
though.

Dar