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To: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de
Date: Tuesday, December 28, 1999 5:57 PM
Subject: Re: On the subject of zero
I just had an interesting thought in regard to the conversation about
zero...
Nothing is
On Wed, 29 Dec 1999, Fernando Cabral wrote:
As to the loop, it seems things like
for ( ; n ; ++n)
mistifies more than any otherthing with the probable exception
of things like
a = a ? b : c;
- fernando
Or: a ^= b ^= a ^= b
Dave
D'oh!!
On Wed, 29 Dec 1999, Lufkin Brad wrote:
the semi-colon is on the next line!
-Original Message-
From: Fernando Cabral [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 1999 11:25 AM
To: Dave Bell
Cc: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de; Slawek K. Grzechnik
Subject: Re: On the
Slawek
I know what you mean. For about 10 years I made my living
either teaching C programming language or using it to
replace assembly code or -- less commonly -- to develop
application. This used to be the original, bare-bone KR C.
Or -- as in the time of CP/M (do you remember?) -- I used
a
Dear Dialists,
My PostScript cylinder dial program (http://www.cyberspace.org/~jh/dial/)
was, it pains me to say, wrong. Sorry. I hope nobody used it to determine
the time of anything more important than lunch. If you downloaded it
before xmax eve please recycle it and download a new one.
On
the semi-colon is on the next line!
-Original Message-
From: Fernando Cabral [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 1999 11:25 AM
To: Dave Bell
Cc: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de; Slawek K. Grzechnik
Subject: Re: On the subject of zero
Dave Bell wrote:
Or: a ^= b ^= a
The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures this year are on time. They are
being broadcast on BBC television and the BBC have put up summaries of the
lectures along with a lot of background information on their Web site. Even
though primarily intended for a younger audience, the pages are worth a
See
http://news2.thls.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_58/580334.stm
for a news item on Greenwich Electronic Time to be launch on New Year's Day.
