Xref: utzoo comp.lang.c:30740 alt.folklore.computers:4445 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!star.cs.vu.nl!maart From: maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Stupid users Message-ID: <7219@star.cs.vu.nl> Date: 2 Aug 90 19:30:56 GMT References: <2674@aipna.ed.ac.uk> <14452@lambda.UUCP>, Sender: news@cs.vu.nl Reply-To: maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath) Organization: VU Dept. of Computer Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Lines: 14 In article , jpab+@andrew.cmu.edu (Josh N. Pritikin) writes: )>> 1. That in C, a= +1 and a=+ 1 are different. )... )I believe that the first example was in reference to the old C syntax. )Now in C, whitespace doesn't change meaning, anywhere. Ahum. foo = a+++b; vs. foo = a+ ++b; -- "UNIX was never designed to keep people from doing stupid things, because that policy would also keep them from doing clever things." (Doug Gwyn)