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From: jamiller@hpcupt1.cup.hp.com (Jim Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: representation of integers (was: # to the nth power)
Message-ID: <5940046@hpcupt1.cup.hp.com>
Date: 6 Nov 90 16:39:25 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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>In article <226@smds.UUCP> rh@smds.UUCP (Richard Harter) writes:
>> 	for (y=x,sqrtx=1;y>0;) {ysave = y;y =/ 16;sqrtx =* 4;}
>
>Wow.
>
>This man has been programming in C for a *long* time. I'm impressed.
>
>(quiz: why do I come to this conclusion?)
>-- 
>Peter da Silva.   `-_-'

Because:
>> 	for (y=x,sqrtx=1;y>0;) {ysave = y;y =/ 16;sqrtx =* 4;}
                                            ^^
   Is not ANSII, and has been considered bad form for years and years and ...

   On the other hand, I wonder if maybe he is actually very young and
   still makes typo's -- unlike us old coots  :-)

   jim miller
   jamiller@hpmpeb7.cup.hp.com
   (a.k.a James A. Miller; Jim the JAM; stupid; @!?$$!; ... )
   Anything I say will be used against me ...
   But my company doesn't know or approve or condone anything of mine here.