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From: casey@bayes.llnl.gov (Casey Leedom)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.games.bugs
Subject: Re: Wanderer - the saga continues :-)
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Date: 20 Dec 88 09:16:49 GMT
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| From: maujp@warwick.ac.uk (S Shipway)
| 
| It has been brought to my attention that the score should be saved as an
| int, rather than as a short else you get problems when you have a massive
| score. The necessary change is so small theres no point in posting a diff
| for it, just alter the struct in save.c and thats about it.

  Even though I don't care about this program at all, though I don't even
have a copy, or the time to port it even if I did, I can't let this pass:
``You should use an "int" rather than a "short" so the score won't overflow
when you get large scores???!?!??!??''  What is this??!  Institutionalized
brain damage???!!?  AN "int" IS NOT NECESSARILY LARGER THAN A "short"!!!
C has enough portability problems as it is without people ENCOURAGING old
VAX-minded idiocy like that.

  Sorry.  I feel better now.  We now return you to the more rational
world of game bug fixes, suggestions, etc.

Casey