MELLOW OUT! Re: A Great Find & A Defense of E-Bay

From: Douglas Quebbeman <dhquebbeman_at_theestopinalgroup.com>
Date: Mon Jun 19 08:25:06 2000

> ...and way too much time on their hands with few (if any) outlets for
> their frustrations.
>
> Does anyone around here know what SEX is?

Sure... Sign EXtension.... in x86-speak, it's

        cbw ; sign-extend byte to word

or

        cwd ; sign-extend word to doubleword

How does that help with frustration?

;-)

-dq
Received on Mon Jun 19 2000 - 08:25:06 BST

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