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Date: Fri,  6 Aug 2004 15:06:13 -0400
From: Chunky Kibbles <chunky@icculus.org>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] rc mystery
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On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 11:47:09AM -0700, Skip Tavakkolian wrote:
> > 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?
>
> Why, indeed.

I've been replied to in person a couple times, now, which I greatly
appreciate.

Basically, x[y] is shorthand for *(x+y). Recall that in pointer
arithmetic, "+" is commutative.

ie, the compiler reduces it to ("unix" + 0), which is a
pointer to the u.

Gary (-;

PS It should also be accompanied with a

#warning Code written by perl "programmer"