Re: [OT] C (was: QA uploads primer)

2009-06-17 Thread Stefanos Harhalakis
On Wednesday 17 June 2009, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In <200906171954.59429@v13.gr>, Stefanos Harhalakis wrote: > >On Wednesday 17 June 2009, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > >> In <200906171857.57749@v13.gr>, Stefanos Harhalakis wrote: > >> >Same thing for the trigraphs. > >> > >> put

Re: [OT] C (was: QA uploads primer)

2009-06-17 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <200906171954.59429@v13.gr>, Stefanos Harhalakis wrote: >On Wednesday 17 June 2009, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> In <200906171857.57749@v13.gr>, Stefanos Harhalakis wrote: >> >Same thing for the trigraphs. >> >> puts("What??!"); /* ;) */ > >I meant that they are not very popular and

Re: [OT] C (was: QA uploads primer)

2009-06-17 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On Qua, 17 Jun 2009, Stefanos Harhalakis wrote: I meant that they are not very popular and that they are not covered in most books or tutorials. Thus, it is not obvious that this: I'd say they are not covered because they were never popular, and nowadays they are basically unnecessary. --

Re: [OT] C (was: QA uploads primer)

2009-06-17 Thread Stefanos Harhalakis
On Wednesday 17 June 2009, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In <200906171857.57749@v13.gr>, Stefanos Harhalakis wrote: > >Same thing for the trigraphs. > > puts("What??!"); /* ;) */ I meant that they are not very popular and that they are not covered in most books or tutorials. Thus, it is not

Re: [OT] C (was: QA uploads primer)

2009-06-17 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <200906171857.57749@v13.gr>, Stefanos Harhalakis wrote: >Same thing for the trigraphs. puts("What??!"); /* ;) */ -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanas

Re: [OT] C (was: QA uploads primer)

2009-06-17 Thread Stefanos Harhalakis
On Wednesday 17 June 2009, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In <200906171751.13989@v13.gr>, Stefanos Harhalakis wrote: > >int n=1; int main() { int n=n; printf("%d", n); } > > > >Hope this clears things. > > Yeah, and I don't think you *have* to read the C standard to understand why > this doesn

Re: [OT] C (was: QA uploads primer)

2009-06-17 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <200906171751.13989@v13.gr>, Stefanos Harhalakis wrote: >On Wednesday 17 June 2009, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: >> On Ter, 16 Jun 2009, Stefanos Harhalakis wrote: >> > [snip] >> > Of course you need to look at the C spec to >> > claim that you understand C in depth (you did... didn't you?) a

Re: [OT] C (was: QA uploads primer)

2009-06-17 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <20090617085905.852619804zzh3...@mail.kalinowski.com.br>, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: >On Ter, 16 Jun 2009, Stefanos Harhalakis wrote: >> Of course you need to look at the C spec to >> claim that you understand C in depth (you did... didn't you?) and in >> order to understand why >> >> int n=1;

Re: [OT] C (was: QA uploads primer)

2009-06-17 Thread Stefanos Harhalakis
Hello, On Wednesday 17 June 2009, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > On Ter, 16 Jun 2009, Stefanos Harhalakis wrote: > > [snip] > > Of course you need to look at the C spec to > > claim that you understand C in depth (you did... didn't you?) and in > > order to understand why > > > > int n=1; int main(

Re: [OT] C (was: QA uploads primer)

2009-06-17 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On Ter, 16 Jun 2009, Stefanos Harhalakis wrote: [snip] Of course you need to look at the C spec to claim that you understand C in depth (you did... didn't you?) and in order to understand why int n=1; int main() { n=n; printf("%d", n); } will not output '1' [snip] I couldn't figure why it wo