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Re: Avoiding == and = mixup in if statements
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Re: Avoiding == and = mixup in if statements


  • Subject: Re: Avoiding == and = mixup in if statements
  • From: Mel Walker <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 14:48:04 -0600

On May 21, 2004, at 1:22 PM, David Blanton wrote:

Every response I have seen attacks the symptom and not the problem; a very
poor approach to software engineering.

The problem is not knowing the language. If you want to add two ints do you
know to use + or are you confused by - because it 'kinda looks like +, half
of it anyway."

This topic has been beaten to death on this list when the answer is learn
the language!!

There, I finally said it.

Except you forgot the part about never never never ever ever ever making a typo.

Unless, of course, you really honestly believe that everyone who makes that mistake, makes it because they don't really know C very well. :-)
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