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OriginalGriff wrote:

What is the smallest positive integer minus the largest negative integer?

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largest

Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
(adjective) Greatest in size of those under consideration.
(adjective) maximal.

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(adjective) Superlative form of large: most large.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <limits.h>

int main()
{
    int pos = 1;
    int neg = INT_MIN;
    printf("pos=%d neg=%d\n", pos,neg);
    printf("pos+neg=%d\n", pos+neg);
    printf("pos-neg=%d\n", pos-neg);
    printf("neg+pos=%d\n", neg+pos);  // yes I know it's commutative but here for completeness
    printf("neg-pos=%d\n", neg-pos);
    return 0;
}

pos=1 neg=-2147483648
pos+neg=-2147483647
pos-neg=-2147483647 // Hmmm...this seems wrong -- subtracting negative SHOULD add it.
neg+pos=-2147483647
neg-pos=2147483647