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From: jim.nutt@stjhmc.fidonet.org (jim nutt)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: # to the nth power
Message-ID: <29950.273B7960@stjhmc.fidonet.org>
Date: 10 Nov 90 02:53:10 GMT
Organization: St. Joseph's Hospital/Medical Ctr, Phoenix, AZ
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In a message of <Nov 05 21:40> Peter da Silva (peter@ficc.ferranti.com ) 
writes:

 PdS> In article <226@smds.UUCP> rh@smds.UUCP (Richard Harter) writes:
>       for (y=x,sqrtx=1;y>0;) {ysave = y;y =/ 16;sqrtx =* 4;}

 PdS> Wow.

 PdS> This man has been programming in C for a *long* time. I'm impressed.

 PdS> (quiz: why do I come to this conclusion?)

answer: because he is using the obsolescent forms of the assignment 
operators.. (/=, *=, etc.)

jim nutt
'the computer handyman' 


 

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