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From: gae@osupyr.UUCP (Gerald Edgar)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: How not to write a loop
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Date: 10 Mar 88 13:36:07 GMT
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Reply-To: gae@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu.UUCP (Gerald Edgar)
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Keywords: For Loops Silliness Why

Lengthy discussion about loops such as:

>>> 	float x;
>>> 	for (x = 0; x < 20; x += .5) printf("%f\n", x);

How about this:

 	float x;
 	for (x = 0; x < 19.75; x += .5) printf("%f\n", x);

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