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[jim at MIT-AI (James E. O'Dell)]

In system 32.2 microcode 674 on CADR-1
In Input base 10.
(setq first_num -1914869973288837242889404296875000)
(setq second_num 1235444629394531250)
(\  first_num second_num)

gives -1, whereas
 
(/ (abs first_num) (abs second_num))

gives 0.