Hi Michael,

You wrote to Jasen Betts,

MS>JB> thanks, but what does this mean? (from from a run with penta.cfg)

MS>JB>  3183 tests passed. Solution 5:            ignore the 3183 it's wrong.
MS>JB> +-------------------+---------------+---+   the 5 is correct.

MS>[Faulty solution snipped]

MS>JB> Do I have a "dud" copy?

MS>No, just a dud compiler.  :) I keep forgetting that some people are still
MS>using 16 bit integers.  Sorry about that, everyone.

It's not a dud compiler (I still do work using a 16 bit compiler for 16
bit targets), more a dud variable type. I can understand why Kernigan &
Richie chose to have a native machine variable size, but the side
effects (this is but one example) make it a pain and I wish they hadn't.

George

 * SLMR 2.1a * Computers eliminate spare time.

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