Re: [stella] signed math

[Adam Wozniak <adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, Thomas Jentzsch wrote:
> Because adding a negative value is the same as subtracting a positive one.

Readers unfamiliar with 2s complement may wish to read up on it.

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