Re: Total loss with 2.4.0 (release)

2001-01-23 Thread Mark I Manning IV
> > > > > I think that your linux's partition has not been overwritten, but only the MBR > > > of your disk, so you probably just need to reinstall lilo. Insert your > > > installation bootdisk into your pc, then skip all the setup stuff, but the > > > choose of the partition where you want to ins

Re: Coding Style

2001-01-22 Thread Mark I Manning IV
Ralf Baechle wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 03:00:05AM +0100, Matthias Andree wrote: > > > > int function(int x) > > > { > > > body of function// correctly braced and commented :) > > > } > > > > So you claim // is a correct C comment? Poor guy :) > > Current drafts of C9X imp

Re: Partition IDs in the New World TM

2001-01-22 Thread Mark I Manning IV
On a system with nothing but linux installed does partitioning slow things down? I have... /dev/hda1 93309 27520 60972 32% / /dev/hda3 2885812 1042304 1696916 39% /usr /dev/hda5 4806904 1989612 2573108 44% /home /dev/hda6 4806904913044 3649676 21% /var /dev

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-22 Thread Mark I Manning IV
Stephen Satchell wrote: > > One goal of language designers is to REMOVE the need for comments. With a this is a crock of (deleted). You are chaising rainbows dood, you will NEVER remove teh need for comments but its obvious you remove teh comments. > good fourth-generation or fifth-generation

Coding Style

2001-01-19 Thread Mark I Manning IV
kes years of hard study and a TRUE artistic flair for programming. This means that 99% of all C code is JUNK code. Before you all go running for your 1911 45 ACP's and 30-06's Linux is most defiantly in the 1% here, I just don't like the source format :P~ Comments and flames are welcome Mark I Manning IV [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---