[paol]

No, people like you are the cause of the problem described. The whole point of the article is that "we all know that in practice MAX_INT+1 is negative" is wrong.

Apologies for the confrontational tone, but someone making that kind of mistake out of ignorance is understandable. Insisting on wrong thinking after having it explained in detail why it's wrong, isn't.

If you can't live with the fundamental design principles behind C/C++ then the correct approach is to not use them. Don't ask the compiler writers to go against those principles.