Why do most C compilers poxily round towards zero ?

[Henry Spencer]

In article <SHIRONO.90Oct10114447 at gcx1.ssd.csd.harris.com> shirono at ssd.csd.harris.com writes:
>It is important to understand that, in type demotion, C doesn't round
>either way; it simply eliminates that which it cannot use.

This is a form of rounding (although not a very useful one).  There are
half a dozen different rounding algorithms; "rounding" is not a precise
term referring to one and only one.
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