[OT] The Usual Arithmetic Confusions

[H. S. Teoh]

On Fri, Feb 04, 2022 at 12:24:37PM -0800, Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> On 2/4/2022 5:18 AM, Adam D Ruppe wrote:
> > (and what C does doesn't make a whole lot of sense.)
> 
> C was developed on a PDP-11 and the integral promotions rules come
> about because of the way the -11 instructions work. It's the same for
> the float=>double promotion rules.

PDP-11 instructions no longer resemble how modern machines work, though.
What made sense back then may not necessarily make sense anymore today.


T

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