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The elusive negative zero on the HP 30b
05-11-2021, 06:57 PM
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RE: The elusive negative zero on the HP 30b
(05-10-2021 12:07 PM)Marco Polo Wrote:  - Free42 3.0.3 decimal (Win/Android): 0

Free42 actually calculates -0, that's standard IEEE-754-compatible behavior. It just suppresses the sign when displaying the number, because the HP-42S doesn't do signed zero either. Also, 0 and -0 are always treated the same everywhere in Free42 anyway...
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