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Totally normal the dept of war
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With Ghandi going nuclear at every chance, I think they totally knew.
(Might be something everyone knows) The Nuclear Ghandi thing was a unsigned integer issue. His "war mongering" value reached zero, and lowering once more made it wrap around to max value and turn him into a lunatic.
https://archive.is/pVd4Q
Underflow, but close enough
I don't think it's wrong to call it integer overflow, as that covers wrap around in either direction. I don't think there is any mention of "integer underflow" in any IEEE standard.
There is however mention of arithmetic underflow, but that relates to a precision issue with floating point numbers, and not negative wrap around. (See IEEE 754).
It's still understood what one might mean by integer underflow. But if anything, I'd say it's a further specification of a type of integer overflow, and certainly not a necessary distinction.