# to the nth power

[Fred Goldrich]

In article <P1X6QN1 at xds13.ferranti.com> peter at ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>In article <226 at smds.UUCP> rh at smds.UUCP (Richard Harter) writes:
>> 	for (y=x,sqrtx=1;y>0;) {ysave = y;y =/ 16;sqrtx =* 4;}
>
>Wow.
>
>This man has been programming in C for a *long* time. I'm impressed.
>
>(quiz: why do I come to this conclusion?)
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>Peter da Silva.   `-_-'
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>peter at ferranti.com

I think it's because you are reading "sqrtx =* 4" as ancient-C style
for the assignment "sqrtx *= 4"; my guess is that is was a typo.
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	Fred Goldrich
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