[TUHS] reviving a bit of WWB

[Paul Winalski]

On 9/23/20, Dave Horsfall <dave at horsfall.org> wrote:
>
> Turing save us from 1-complement machines!
>
Or separate-sign numerical representations, for that matter, such as
the IBM 1620 had.  And packed decimal on the S/360/370 and the VAX.
Negative zero in packed decimal is responsible for a lot of the
"computerized bill for $0.00" bugs that were rife in the 1960s.

-Paul W.