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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:47:54 +0100
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Vo, Anh (US SSA) wrote:

A micro-detail: the translation is an occasion to get rid of plenty of *%@�!* 
useless parentheses:

<    if (Adc_Count < MINIMUM_ADC_COUNT) then
..
<    elsif (Adc_Count > MAXIMUM_ADC_COUNT) then
..
<    TempDiff := (Table(Index) - Table (Index+1));
..
<    Temperature :=
<             Table(Index) - ((TempDiff * InterpolationDistance) / SPACING);

 >    if Adc_Count < MINIMUM_ADC_COUNT then
..
 >    elsif Adc_Count > MAXIMUM_ADC_COUNT then
..
 >    TempDiff := Table(Index) - Table (Index+1);
..
 >    Temperature :=
 >             Table(Index) - (TempDiff * InterpolationDistance) / SPACING;

A question: I see all the time things like "if (.. < ..)" in C - are the 
parentheses required there ?
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