From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 108793,ea9e17ea4e695a57 X-Google-Attributes: gid108793,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,ea9e17ea4e695a57 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: fb3cb,ea9e17ea4e695a57 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb3cb,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,ea9e17ea4e695a57 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: f973d,ea9e17ea4e695a57 X-Google-Attributes: gidf973d,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,ea9e17ea4e695a57 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,ea9e17ea4e695a57 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 115d3b,ea9e17ea4e695a57 X-Google-Attributes: gid115d3b,public From: ark@research.att.com (Andrew Koenig) Subject: Re: Partners Wanted Date: 1999/07/13 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 500589964 Sender: nntp@research.att.com X-Nntp-Posting-Host: raptor.research.att.com References: <378B3D39.28B3@cacd.rockwell.com> <7mfpke$ebq$1@mamenchi.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE> Organization: AT&T Research, Florham Park, NJ Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.java.security,comp.lang.javascript,comp.lang.delphi,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.ada,alt.lang.delphi Date: 1999-07-13T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <7mfpke$ebq$1@mamenchi.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE>, Warner Bruns wrote: > > OK, here's a pop quiz. If X is 7 and Y is 3 and you execute > > MULTIPLY X BY Y. > Let me guess: > X now has the value of 21 > Is this right? No, it's wrong. Please try again. My point in bringing up this example, by the way, is that the meaning of ``obvious'' depends in large part on what is familiar. -- Andrew Koenig, ark@research.att.com, http://www.research.att.com/info/ark