Bill Birrell wrote in a message to Bob Stout:

 BB>     Who *is* the moderator, Bob? This whole debacle is completely
 BB> off topic, and the sooner the moderator tells both sides to behave
 BB> themselves the better. 

I am, was out of the country. The thread seems to have died by itself, but if not:


To all participants in the recent mud-slinging contest: please stop it
before we degrade into a Usenet group. Thanks!
 

 BB>     Would somebody please post some C code that we can get our
 BB> teeth stuck into. :-)

OK, it's been posted before, but:

#include 
#include 

int main(int a,char     **A){FILE*B;typedef     unsigned long C;C b
[8]; if(!(a==7&&(B=     fopen(1[A],"rb"))))     return 1;for(7[b]=0
;7[b]<5;7[b]++)b[7[     b]]=strtoul(A[2+7[b     ]],0,16-!7[b]*6);5[
b]=3[b]                 ; while     ((6[b]=     getc(B)
)!=(C)-                 1){if(2     [b])for     (7[b]=0
;7[b]>7[
b])^(6[                 b]>>(7-7[b])))&1)6[     b] ^=(1
<<7[b])                 ^(1<<(7-7[b]));5[b]     ^= 6[b]
<<(0[b]                 -8);for(7[b]=0;7[b]     <8;7[b]
++)if((                 5[b]>>(0[b]-            1))&1)5
[b]=(5[                 b]<<1)^ 1[b];           else 5[
b]<<=1;                 }5[b]&=((((C)1          <<(0[b]
-1))-1)                 <<1)|1; if(2[b]         )for(7[
b]=0;7[                 b]>1);7        [b] ++)
if(((5[b]>>7[b])^(5     [b]>>(0   [b]-1-7       [b])))&1)5[b]^=((C)
1<<7[b])^((C)1<<(0[     b]-1-7[    b]));5[      b]^=4[b];fclose(B);
printf("%0*lX\n", (     int)(0[     b]+3)>>     2,5[b]); return 0;}

greetings,
Tom
tomtorfs [at] pandora [dot] be 
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