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From: Alan Wexelblat
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 1988 14:19

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> The proposed (and ISO accepted) syntax for bit-preserving transfers is
> CAST(CARDINAL, -1).  CAST must be imported from SYSTEM.

This still leaves me wondering what a "meaning-preserving" conversion is for
    CAST(CARDINAL, -1)

What value would you expect to get back?

--Alan Wexelblat
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