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From: Christopher Croughton <crough45@amc.de>
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Subject: Re: strange arithmetic
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In-Reply-To: <19971128140924.07137@retriever> from "Louis-David Mitterrand" at Nov 28, 97 08:09:24 pm
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Louis-David Mitterrand wrote:
> 
> (using 3.0.5)
> 
> % i=0;while [[ $[++i] < 900 ]];do;echo $i;done
> % 1
> % 2
> [...]
> % 90
> 
> 90 ?? I asked for 900 and it stops at 90. On the other hand the
> following:

It happens here with 3.1.2 as well.  I can't see any logical reason...

Chris C