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[-] swag_money@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

thanks for the explanation! could you express it as a NOT operation plus one? like is that how it would be processed at a low level?

[-] computergeek125@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

My low level is a tad rusty from when I learned the C side in school, but if I recall the not operator resolves as a single Boolean (0 or 1 in true C), whereas compliment comes back as however many bits you put in - a not operation per bit.

In C, the not operator is ! and the compliment operator is ~

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