On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 7:36 PM, Tyler Littlefield <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not quite sure why all this study is being put into something like this. > Why not > just use the < sign or functions like thomas pointed out? Writing clever > code is just > going to break things in the end.
Because it's either a) a homework question in a country that doesn't particularly encourage it's students to adhere to even general C standards or b) an interview question in a country that thinks it's cute to ask such question of potential programmers. I do believe I pointed out these truisms a couple of weeks ago on this thread and wondered why my "I hope you don't work with me" comment got any replies. -- PJH http://shabbleland.myminicity.com/ http://www.chavgangs.com/register.php?referer=9375 http://www.kongregate.com/?referrer=Shabble
