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From: W B Hacker <wbh@conducive.org>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] quiz
Date: Wed,  6 Jun 2007 04:15:14 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <46666D12.9050204@conducive.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070606043608.GB9948@kris.home>

Kris Maglione wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 12:30:55AM -0400, Kris Maglione wrote:
>> !8c test.c && 8l test.8
>> !
>> !./8.out
>> foo.x: -1
>> !
>
> Also:
>
> !8c -wF test.c && 8l test.8
> warning: test.c:11 format mismatch d LONG 0:1, arg 2
> !
>
> I'm surprised that there's not a warning about the overflow.
>

C *requires* the ability to create overflow situations w/o warning either by
accident, design, or randomly. Job security bureau dictate AFAIK.

What other 'feature' has been so steadfastly preserved?

Just wouldn't be 'C' without overflows...

Bill


  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-06-06  8:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-06-06  0:36 ron minnich
2007-06-06  0:43 ` Roman Shaposhnick
2007-06-06  3:41   ` ron minnich
2007-06-06  3:48     ` Roman Shaposhnik
2007-06-06  4:18       ` ron minnich
2007-06-06  4:30         ` Kris Maglione
2007-06-06  4:36           ` Kris Maglione
2007-06-06  7:05             ` Bruce Ellis
2007-06-06  8:15             ` W B Hacker [this message]
2007-06-06  1:07 ` Paul Lalonde
2007-06-06  1:16   ` Roman Shaposhnick
2007-06-06  8:49 ` [9fans] quiz prem
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-05-02  5:55 [9fans] quiz rob pike, esq.

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