Hi Patricia. Maybe. But I figured Java (my version is 1.5.0_09) uses
twos complement to store negative numbers? Here's a different set of
code with different output:

Code:
"""
class unsignedshift {
    public static void main(String args[])
    {
        String bs1, bs2;
        int a = -10;
       
        bs1 = Integer.toBinaryString(a);
        a = a >>> 15;
        bs2 = Integer.toBinaryString(a);
       
        System.out.println("The original -10 in binary is: " + bs1);
        System.out.println("a (in binary) = " + bs2);
        System.out.println("a = " + a);
    }
}
"""

Output:
"""
The original -10 in binary is: 11111111111111111111111111110110
a (in binary) = 11111111111111111
a = 131071
"""

The original -10 in binary is right if you consider twos complement. And
I even get the right set of bits (17) when shifting 15 places to the
right. But 2^17 = 131072, which doesn't coincide with the output "a =
131071"