From: KK6GM <mjsilva@scriptoriumdesigns.com>
Subject: Re: Fun with C
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 09:15:55 -0700 (PDT)
Date: 2011-04-17T09:15:55-07:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <37428a21-61b4-4cdf-9897-7b84252f8fce@a11g2000pro.googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 4daa8fc6$0$7652$9b4e6d93@newsspool1.arcor-online.net
On Apr 16, 11:59 pm, Georg Bauhaus <rm.dash-bauh...@futureapps.de>
wrote:
> On 4/17/11 8:26 AM, KK6GM wrote:
>
> > Wow and wow. I've been writing C all my adult life and I didn't
> > realize this could or would happen. I would have said that the
> > unsigned would be promoted to signed.
>
> > I'm going to include this example in my push to use Ada in our next
> > project.
>
> Be careful that there are no C savvy people around.
> You are demonstrating a lack of understanding of C basics!
> ("Stupid!")
> That lack is not (in their view, and it's their view that counts)
> a good start for asking for a different language.
>
> Had you read section 2.7 of K&R (or A.6), you'd have expected
> the result you got: arithmetic operators will convert their
> arguments following the rules of the C language definition.
Yes, I understand how the "stupid" argument works in the C community.
I'm going to ask some other programmers tomorrow and see how many of
them get this right. I'm guessing our situation will be similar to
the situation at the OP's workplace, where presumably competent
programmers still got clobbered by this language-legal insanity.
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2011-04-16 17:02 Fun with C George P.
2011-04-16 20:04 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2011-04-16 21:12 ` Ludovic Brenta
2011-04-16 21:42 ` jimmaureenrogers
2011-04-17 7:17 ` Georg Bauhaus
2011-04-17 8:29 ` Martin
2011-04-17 18:19 ` George P.
2011-04-17 8:40 ` Georg Bauhaus
2011-04-18 1:04 ` Peter C. Chapin
2011-04-18 2:14 ` George P.
2011-04-16 22:03 ` George P.
2011-04-17 6:26 ` KK6GM
2011-04-17 6:59 ` Georg Bauhaus
2011-04-17 16:15 ` KK6GM [this message]
2011-04-17 19:35 ` Elias Salomão Helou Neto
2011-04-17 20:18 ` KK6GM
2011-04-18 19:47 ` Elias Salomão Helou Neto
2011-04-18 22:11 ` Peter C. Chapin
2011-04-17 22:26 ` Georg Bauhaus
2011-04-18 19:12 ` Elias Salomão Helou Neto
2011-04-18 20:56 ` KK6GM
2011-04-18 21:01 ` Georg Bauhaus
2011-04-18 21:20 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2011-04-19 2:43 ` George P.
2011-04-19 18:05 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2011-04-19 19:34 ` George P.
2011-04-19 20:08 ` Georg Bauhaus
2011-04-19 1:10 ` Elias Salomão Helou Neto
2011-04-19 14:28 ` Georg Bauhaus
2011-04-19 17:40 ` Jeffrey Carter
2011-04-21 14:52 ` Elias Salomão Helou Neto
2011-04-21 18:58 ` Georg Bauhaus
2011-04-21 19:27 ` Hyman Rosen
2011-04-28 5:13 ` David Thompson
2011-04-28 13:41 ` Hyman Rosen
2011-05-05 8:39 ` David Thompson
2011-04-25 11:06 ` Paul Colin Gloster
2011-04-25 11:00 ` Georg Bauhaus
2011-04-25 12:12 ` Martin
2011-04-25 18:39 ` Paul Colin Gloster
2011-05-08 23:41 ` wilso
2011-05-20 10:41 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2011-05-20 16:04 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2011-04-18 0:12 ` George P.
2011-04-18 19:24 ` Elias Salomão Helou Neto
2011-04-19 1:22 ` George P.
2011-04-19 2:06 ` Elias Salomão Helou Neto
2011-04-19 2:37 ` Bill Findlay
2011-04-19 3:00 ` George P.
2011-04-17 19:19 ` Elias Salomão Helou Neto
2011-04-17 23:26 ` Gautier write-only
2011-04-17 23:43 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2011-04-18 19:16 ` Elias Salomão Helou Neto
2011-04-18 23:10 ` Randy Brukardt
2011-04-19 1:36 ` Elias Salomão Helou Neto
2011-04-20 23:14 ` Randy Brukardt
2011-04-21 16:19 ` Elias Salomão Helou Neto
2011-04-21 17:36 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-04-21 17:43 ` Hyman Rosen
2011-04-21 19:44 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-04-22 6:16 ` Elias Salomão Helou Neto
2011-04-22 9:21 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-04-22 13:18 ` Hyman Rosen
2011-04-22 15:17 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-04-23 2:08 ` Elias Salomão Helou Neto
2011-04-23 7:23 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-04-23 9:42 ` Georg Bauhaus
2011-04-23 10:23 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-04-23 18:37 ` Elias Salomão Helou Neto
2011-04-23 21:36 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-04-24 11:27 ` Peter C. Chapin
2011-04-24 13:53 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-04-24 19:07 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2011-04-24 19:46 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-04-24 21:20 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2011-04-24 22:33 ` Elias Salomão Helou Neto
2011-04-25 7:09 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-04-25 20:46 ` Maciej Sobczak
2011-04-25 21:19 ` George P.
2011-04-26 6:18 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-04-26 6:58 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2011-04-26 8:39 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-04-26 20:57 ` Maciej Sobczak
2011-04-27 8:00 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-04-27 8:19 ` Georg Bauhaus
2011-04-27 9:32 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-04-28 7:02 ` Maciej Sobczak
2011-04-28 7:41 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-04-28 10:24 ` Peter C. Chapin
2011-04-28 13:56 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-05-03 1:19 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2011-05-03 6:05 ` J-P. Rosen
2011-05-03 6:15 ` Ludovic Brenta
2011-05-03 7:43 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-05-03 15:34 ` Bill Findlay
2011-05-03 7:53 ` Georg Bauhaus
2011-05-03 9:29 ` Simon Wright
2011-04-24 22:23 ` Elias Salomão Helou Neto
2011-04-25 7:10 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-04-24 20:37 ` Georg Bauhaus
2011-04-23 15:23 ` George P.
2011-04-23 17:28 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2011-04-23 17:52 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-04-23 18:11 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2011-04-23 20:47 ` George P.
2011-04-24 11:36 ` Peter C. Chapin
2011-04-25 11:43 ` Paul Colin Gloster
2011-04-23 16:56 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2011-04-23 18:45 ` Elias Salomão Helou Neto
2011-04-22 12:15 ` J-P. Rosen
2011-04-22 14:56 ` Niklas Holsti
2011-04-21 23:29 ` Randy Brukardt
2011-04-22 6:29 ` Elias Salomão Helou Neto
2011-04-25 11:22 ` Paul Colin Gloster
2011-04-18 19:13 ` Elias Salomão Helou Neto
2011-04-20 5:11 ` J-P. Rosen
2011-04-20 15:45 ` KK6GM
2011-04-20 19:04 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2011-04-20 21:09 ` Georg Bauhaus
2011-04-20 22:52 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2011-04-21 14:18 ` Elias Salomão Helou Neto
2011-04-21 16:22 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2011-04-21 19:25 ` John B. Matthews
2011-04-23 23:07 ` Gerd
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