Unix/Java design issues (Was: Re: Is CDATA "structure"?)

[Hennessy, Sean]

John Cowan wrote:
The basic problem is code like this:

	unsigned count;
	while (--count > 0) {
		/* do something */
		}

This loop will never fail, because unsigned numbers are always greater
than or equal to zero. 

Sean says:
Correction..
unsigned numbers are not negative!
unsigned count will eventually reach zero and exit the while loop.

Those short on patience or machines with 32bit integral types
should initialize count = 10; or less and see for themselves..


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