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From: ray@micomvax.UUCP (Ray Dunn)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.sys.m68k
Subject: Re: C machine and "=" vs "=="
Message-ID: <908@micomvax.UUCP>
Date: 16 Feb 88 19:12:36 GMT
References: <7092@brl-smoke.ARPA> <1186@cooper.cooper.EDU>
Reply-To: ray@micomvax.UUCP (Ray Dunn)
Organization: Philips Electronics Ltd. (TDS - Montreal) Montreal, Canada
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In article <1186@cooper.cooper.EDU> gene@cooper.cooper.EDU (Gene (the Spook)) writes:
>....
>		(ptr) p1 = (ptr) p0 + (int) d
>
>Simply, add an integer displacement to a pointer, and you'll get another
>pointer. With a little algebra, solve for 'd'. You'll get.....

Here we have a classic example of the "=" instead of "==" user!!!
"Solve for"??  In an *assignment statement*??

Sorry Gene, this is not meant as an attack on you, only to underscore my
scorn for those who say the "=" vs "==" thing is not a problem!!

Ray Dunn.   ..philabs!micomvax!ray