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From: hascall@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu (John Hascall)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Excuse my ignorance (was *p++ = *q++)
Summary: engage mind BEFORE keyboard
Message-ID: <777@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu>
Date: 8 Feb 89 17:03:15 GMT
Reply-To: hascall@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu (John Hascall)
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Organization: Iowa State U. Computer Science Department, Ames, IA
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   Earlier I rambled on about while (*p++ == *q++); , thinking that the
   original: while (*p++ = *q++); didn't make much sense....


   I guess it's just a knee-jerk reaction to "=" in a "while".


   Sorry,
   John