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From: jonb@specialix.co.uk (Jon Brawn)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,alt.folklore.computers
Subject: Re: Stupid users
Message-ID: <1990Aug8.075954.17277@specialix.co.uk>
Date: 8 Aug 90 07:59:54 GMT
References: <2674@aipna.ed.ac.uk> <14452@lambda.UUCP>, <kai4=Fi00Ug7E7alJa@andrew.cmu.edu> <7219@star.cs.vu.nl> <90218.175404KPURCELL@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK>
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KPURCELL@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK writes:

>Of course you could write:

>         foo = ++a+++++b++;

I prefer *++*++av to whip the flags out of the command line arguments
(I know its not robust, only works for one flag at a time, etc. and
I should be using getopts anyway, BUT it is short & punchy).

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