Alime.238
net.unix-wizards
utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihnss!houxi!houxg!lime!jlw
Fri Apr 30 22:01:02 1982
Re: Caveat Hackor (cc generates bad code for int *= float)
       `10.0 times 0.1 is hardly ever 1.0'.*

      *Kernighan and Plauger, "The Elements of Programming Style,"
       Second Edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1978.

                               Joe Wood
                               lime!jlw

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