On 25/10/2013 21:11, Tim Delaney wrote:
On 26 October 2013 06:18, Mark Janssen <dreamingforw...@gmail.com <mailto:dreamingforw...@gmail.com>> wrote:> As for the hex value for Nan who really gives a toss? The whole point is > that you initialise to something that you do not expect to see. Do you not > have a text book that explains this concept? No, I don't think there is a textbook that explains such a concept of initializing memory to anything but 0 -- UNLESS you're from Stupid University. Thanks for providing fodder... I know I'm replying to a someone who has trolled many threads over multiple years ... or as I'm now starting to suspect, possibly a bot, but I'll give him (it?) this one chance to show the capability to read and learn. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexspeak Search for 0xBAADF00D; 0xBADDCAFE; and (in particular) OxDEADBEEF. These are historical examples of this technique used by major companies. Tim Delaney
I can't see it being a bot on the grounds that a bot wouldn't be smart enough to snip a URL that referred to itself as a quack.
Mind you, the thought of a bot with a Ph.D. is mind boggling. Must have been an absolutely amazing sheep dip to have graduated from, but the Bruces were incredible professors :)
Thanks for the link by the way. -- Python is the second best programming language in the world. But the best has yet to be invented. Christian Tismer Mark Lawrence -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
