# to the nth power

[jim nutt]

In a message of <Nov 05 21:40> Peter da Silva (peter at ficc.ferranti.com ) 
writes:

 PdS> 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;}

 PdS> Wow.

 PdS> This man has been programming in C for a *long* time. I'm impressed.

 PdS> (quiz: why do I come to this conclusion?)

answer: because he is using the obsolescent forms of the assignment 
operators.. (/=, *=, etc.)

jim nutt
'the computer handyman' 


 

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