From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 14:17:54 -0400 From: Chunky Kibbles To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] rc mystery Message-ID: <20040806181754.GA460@gamehenge.icculus.org> References: <20040806135100.5333c6df@garlic.apnic.net> <285f606db6bcbbfc31f0a9f8cdf04593@9netics.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <285f606db6bcbbfc31f0a9f8cdf04593@9netics.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Topicbox-Message-UUID: d22aa7c6-eacd-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 12:12:33AM -0700, Skip Tavakkolian wrote: > > What's deceitful about asking somebody what does printf("%c\n",0["unix"]); > print and why? The "trick" is only a conversation piece. OK. So I guessed the right answer on the grounds that it's the only sensible answer [assuming the code is genuinely correct], but would someone please explain it to me anyways? gcc didn't complain even with -Wall -pendantic -ansi, so there has to be a pretty decent reason that it works... Gary (-;