On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:41:38 -0400, Jerry Avins wrote:

> Tim Wescott wrote:
>> On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:27:56 -0400, Jerry Avins wrote:
>>
>>> Tim Wescott wrote:
>>>
>>> ...
>>>
>>>> You can't on a 16-bit machine, but if you're working in an FPGA or
>>>> custom logic a 17-bit type is no problem.
>>> What do you suppose the OP's context is?
>>>
>> Homework, but I'm trying not to be ruled by assumptions.
>
> You're a better man than I am!
>
> Jerry

I didn't say I was _succeeding_!

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