Bitwise subtraction in Python

#include<stdio.h>

int add(int x, int y) {
    int a, b;
    do {
        a = x & y;
        b = x ^ y;
        x = a << 1;
        y = b;
    } while (a);
    return b;
}

int main( void ){
    printf( "6 + 3 = %d", add(6,3));
    printf( "6 - 3 = %d", add(6,-3));
    return 0;
}

def add(x, y):
    while True:
        a = x & y
        b = x ^ y
        x = a << 1
        y = b
        if a == 0:
            break
    return b

print "6 + 3 = %d" % add(6,3)
print "6 - 3 = %d" % add(6,-3)

>>> 1 << 100
1267650600228229401496703205376L

x = (a << 1) & 0xffffffff