Xref: utzoo comp.lang.c:30939 alt.folklore.computers:4620 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!uunet!mcsun!unido!rwthinf!cip-s02!berg From: berg@cip-s02.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (AKA Solitair) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Stupid users Message-ID: <3298@rwthinf.UUCP> Date: 8 Aug 90 17:26:04 GMT Sender: news@rwthinf.UUCP Reply-To: berg%cip-s01.informatik.rwth-aachen.de@unido.bitnet Followup-To: comp.lang.c Lines: 24 In article <7219@star.cs.vu.nl> maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath) writes: >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; What about: foo=a /*b;/**/; versus: foo=a/ *b;/**/; But I *love* C anyway! -- Sincerely, berg%cip-s01.informatik.rwth-aachen.de@unido.bitnet Stephen R. van den Berg. "I code it in 5 min, optimize it in 90 min, because it's so well optimized: it runs in only 5 min. Actually, most of the time I optimize programs."