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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Dubious C code
Keywords: for switch in case do bananas
Message-ID: <9619@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 8 Feb 89 19:23:22 GMT
References: <1508@zen.UUCP>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <1508@zen.UUCP> frank@zen.co.uk (Frank Wales) writes:
>The question is, *should* it compile without any complaints at all?

Why not?  It's legitimate C code.  It follows the rules.
So what if it's a stupid algorithm?  It's not the compiler's
job to criticize the choice of algorithms.