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  1. Xref: sparky comp.lang.c:12376 comp.programming:2336
  2. Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.programming
  3. Path: sparky!uunet!decwrl!deccrl!news.crl.dec.com!pa.dec.com!decprl!decprl!boyd
  4. From: boyd@prl.dec.com (Boyd Roberts)
  5. Subject: Re: A LITTLE BRAINTEASER...
  6. Message-ID: <1992Aug15.151530.17511@prl.dec.com>
  7. Sender: news@prl.dec.com (USENET News System)
  8. Nntp-Posting-Host: prl313.prl.dec.com
  9. Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation - Paris Research Laboratory
  10. References: <aet.713608023@munagin> <Bswt31.7zC@research.canon.oz.au> <josef.713800013@uranium>
  11. Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 15:15:30 GMT
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  14. In article <josef.713800013@uranium>, Josef Moellers <mollers.pad@sni.de> writes:
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  16. > It'll run perfectly on systems that have signed characters!
  17. > EOF usually is -1, so '\377' will expand to -1.
  18. > 
  19.  
  20. Nonsense.  On input containing '\377' it will terminate prematurely.
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  23. Boyd Roberts            boyd@prl.dec.com
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  25. ``When the going gets wierd, the weird turn pro...''
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