From: tkoenig@netcologne.de   
      
   David Brown  schrieb:   
      
   > The point is that there when the results of an integer computation are   
   > too big, there is no way to get the correct answer in the types used.   
   > Two's complement wrapping is /not/ correct.  If you add two real-world   
   > positive integers, you don't get a negative integer.   
      
   I believe it was you who wrote "If you add enough apples to a   
   pile, the number of apples becomes negative", so there is   
   clerly a defined physical meaning to overflow.   
      
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