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From: kjell@saturn.ucsc.edu (Kjell Post)
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Subject: Re: programming challenge (silly)
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Date: 7 Mar 89 13:21:00 GMT
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In article <3115@homxb.ATT.COM> cjn@homxb.ATT.COM (C.NORTHRUP) writes:
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>Kevin Meier from AT&T Bell Labs completed this in approx 15 minutes using
>only 96 characters.  I will submit his solution in a couple of days.
>Gives others a chance....

I have 91 now but am not sure about portability of main(n,m) and printf.

main(n,m){scanf("%d\n",&m);while(m>1&m<10)n*=m--;
printf(m-1?"error\n":"answer is %d\n",n);}

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