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From: brianh@hpcvia.CV.HP.COM (brian_helterline)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: representation of integers (was: # to the nth power)
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Date: 8 Nov 90 16:25:56 GMT
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jamiller@hpcupt1.cup.hp.com (Jim Miller) 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?)
>>-- 
>>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  :-)
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
      What is ANSII? a typo? or the ASCII version of ANSI? ;)