From: nowhere@nospicedham.never.at   
      
   On 08.03.2020 12:19, R.Wieser wrote:   
      
   ...   
      
   > 3) "and sign extended".   If-and-when that happens that is your FORTH   
   > compiler at work - most likely recognising a preceeding minus sign in your   
   > sourcecode as an intention to have a negative value stored - and extends the   
   > sign /while compiling/ (read: before the program is executed).   
      
   :)   
      
   USE16:   
   81 00 80 FF   add word [bx+si], 0xFF80  ;unsigned   
   83 00 80      add word [bx+si],-128     ;sign extended byte   
      
   both do the same ...   
   not all compilers default to the shorter variant.   
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   wolfgang   
      
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