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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Language principles
Message-ID: <=FV19A2xds13@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 19 Feb 90 14:56:38 GMT
References: <1990Feb9.181942.24649@utzoo.uucp> <4721@rtech.rtech.com> <1990Feb13.153513.2196@hcr.uucp> <645@dino.cs.iastate.edu>
Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
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In article <645@dino.cs.iastate.edu> hascall@cs.iastate.edu (John Hascall) writes:
>  (people who do: #define 2 TWO, #define 3 THREE, ... should be beaten)  ;-)

>    #define N_TERMS 2              ==>   #define N_TERMS 3
>    average = (a + b) / N_TERMS;   ==>   average = (a + b + c) / N_TERMS;

#define AVERAGE(a,b) (((a)+(b))/2)

Sometimes a number is the best thing to use.

It's a judgement call.
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