From: Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com   
      
   Lawrence D’Oliveiro  writes:   
   > On Mon, 20 Oct 2025 19:43:37 +0300, Michael S wrote:   
   >   
   >> I'd just point out that small negative numbers are FAR more common than   
   >> numbers in range [2**31..2**32-1].   
   >   
   > Perhaps you mean *large* negative numbers?   
   >   
   > -1 is a larger number than -1000000.   
      
   He clearly meant larger in magnitude.  -1 is *greater* than -1000000,   
   but smaller in magnitude -- and "-1" is clearly smaller/shorter than   
   "-1000000".   
      
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