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28 Jul 2024 10:21:12 EDT (-0400)
  Re: file reading mistake  
From: Orchid XP v2
Date: 29 Jan 2006 05:05:00
Message: <43dc934c$1@news.povray.org>
>>Ever seen programs written in C? ;-)
>>
>>*hides*
> 
> 
> Hey, upcasting because it is needed for a calculation is one thing, but
> simply changing a type doesn't happen by itself. And such behaviour is
> usually documented somewhere and has a reason (how annoying would it be if
> you want to do some math, and C keeps on annoying with "int not compatible
> with double", when all you want is "2.5312e63 * 2"?

...now go and play with pointers. (And remember, if you need strings in 
C, you are *forced* to use pointers.)

If I see the words "suspecious pointer conversion" one more time I'm 
going to go mad... [But hey, this is why I don't use C any more.]

But anyway, enough of that...


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