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From:         Gerald Edgar <gae at osupyr.uucp>
Subject:      Re: How not to write a loop
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To:           Vic Kapella <SXJVK at ALASKA>

Lengthy discussion about loops such as:

>>>     float x;
>>>     for (x = 0; x < 20; x += .5) printf("%f\n", x);

How about this:

     float x;
     for (x = 0; x < 19.75; x += .5) printf("%f\n", x);

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