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From: rh@smds.UUCP (Richard Harter)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: # to the nth power
Summary: Never post at two in the morning
Message-ID: <229@smds.UUCP>
Date: 7 Nov 90 01:42:54 GMT
References: <9750@helios.TAMU.EDU> <1990Nov1.232830.17131@NCoast.ORG> <P1X6QN1@xds13.ferranti.com>
Organization: SMDS Inc., Concord, MA
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In article <P1X6QN1@xds13.ferranti.com>, peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
> 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?)

Er, well, yes.  The moral of the story is that your short term memory
can fail you when you post in the wee hours of the morning.  It makes
a nice quiz question.  Color me embarassed.

Wonder how many people caught it?

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Richard Harter, Software Maintenance and Development Systems, Inc.
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