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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
Subject: Re: A question about syntax or semantics
Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 18:58:45 -0400
Date: 2014-05-19T18:58:45-04:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <wcc38g5e5p6.fsf@shell01.TheWorld.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: lldtft$3su$1@loke.gir.dk

"Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com> writes:

> Ergo (3), the question seems contrived, since there isn't any other sensible 
> option. That's more of a characteristic of an exam question than a real 
> question.

It seems pretty stupid, as an exam question.  I mean, the answer is,
"Nothing else makes sense." (which Adam explored in detail).
I'd be tempted to answer with a challenge: "How would _you_ do it?",
which isn't a good way to pass an exam.  ;-)

- Bob

  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-05-19 22:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-05-17 22:56 A question about syntax or semantics Victor Porton
2014-05-17 23:05 ` Bill Findlay
2014-05-18  2:47 ` Brad Moore
2014-05-18 10:48   ` Simon Wright
2014-05-18 14:40     ` [OT] Assembly language syntax, was: " Simon Clubley
2014-05-18 14:50       ` Simon Wright
2014-05-19 17:02 ` Adam Beneschan
2014-05-19 21:35   ` Randy Brukardt
2014-05-19 22:05     ` Bill Findlay
2014-05-19 22:58     ` Robert A Duff [this message]
2014-05-20  8:01       ` Georg Bauhaus
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