My email server was down for about 8 hours before bedtime yesterday. This morning it was back up. In the batch of early mail, I was told about the programmer who didn't distinguish Halloween from Christmas because OCT 31 is also DEC 25 Jerry -- Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get. �����������������������������������������������������������������������
OT Confused VAX programmer
Started by ●September 18, 2005
Reply by ●September 18, 20052005-09-18
"Jerry Avins" <jya@ieee.org> wrote in message news:Vdednddkwtod7rDeRVn-gw@rcn.net...> My email server was down for about 8 hours before bedtime > yesterday. This morning it was back up. In the batch of > early mail, I was told about the programmer who didn't > distinguish Halloween from Christmas because OCT 31 is > also DEC 25 >Somebody ought to put a HEX on him.
Reply by ●September 20, 20052005-09-20
You might like this take on a often quoted shakespeare line 2B | !2B = FF Cheers, Dave John E. Hadstate wrote:> "Jerry Avins" <jya@ieee.org> wrote in message > news:Vdednddkwtod7rDeRVn-gw@rcn.net... > >>My email server was down for about 8 hours before bedtime >>yesterday. This morning it was back up. In the batch of >>early mail, I was told about the programmer who didn't >>distinguish Halloween from Christmas because OCT 31 is >>also DEC 25 >> > > > Somebody ought to put a HEX on him. > >
Reply by ●September 21, 20052005-09-21
I don't get the FF part. "David Kirkland" <spam@netscape.net> wrote in message news:Mf2Ye.7723$0u2.1238759@news20.bellglobal.com...> You might like this take on a often quoted shakespeare line > 2B | !2B = FF > > Cheers, > Dave
Reply by ●September 21, 20052005-09-21
You have to think in Hex. In C it would be (assuming an 8 bit data type) 0x2B | !0x2B = 0xFF Maybe it's just my strange sense of humour - it was funny when I first saw it. Cheers, Dave Jon Harris wrote:> I don't get the FF part. > > "David Kirkland" <spam@netscape.net> wrote in message > news:Mf2Ye.7723$0u2.1238759@news20.bellglobal.com... > >>You might like this take on a often quoted shakespeare line >>2B | !2B = FF >> >>Cheers, >>Dave > > >
Reply by ●September 21, 20052005-09-21
David Kirkland wrote:> You have to think in Hex. In C it would be (assuming an 8 bit data type) > 0x2B | !0x2B = 0xFFThat's the best argument I've seen that the ASCII code for '?' should have been 0xFF. -- Jim Thomas Principal Applications Engineer Bittware, Inc jthomas@bittware.com http://www.bittware.com (603) 226-0404 x536 A great mind thinks alike.
Reply by ●September 21, 20052005-09-21
Jon Harris wrote:> I don't get the FF part. > > "David Kirkland" <spam@netscape.net> wrote in message > news:Mf2Ye.7723$0u2.1238759@news20.bellglobal.com... > >>You might like this take on a often quoted shakespeare line >>2B | !2B = FFIn binary, x | !x = 11111111, where x is any number (C notation). Jerry -- Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get. �����������������������������������������������������������������������
Reply by ●September 21, 20052005-09-21
Jim Thomas wrote:> David Kirkland wrote: > >> You have to think in Hex. In C it would be (assuming an 8 bit data type) >> 0x2B | !0x2B = 0xFF > > > That's the best argument I've seen that the ASCII code for '?' should > have been 0xFF.I like that, but it got to be the way it is so that you could overpunch any character with Code Delete. Jerry -- Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get. �����������������������������������������������������������������������
Reply by ●September 21, 20052005-09-21
"David Kirkland" <spam@netscape.net> wrote in message news:WGbYe.7974$0u2.1426644@news20.bellglobal.com...> You have to think in Hex. In C it would be (assuming an 8 bit data type) > 0x2B | !0x2B = 0xFFBut shouldn't this only be true for bitwise logical negation, i. e. 0x2B | ~0x2B? Example: #include <stdio.h> int main() { unsigned char x; x = 0x2B | !0x2B; printf("%x\n", x); x = 0x2B | ~0x2B; printf("%x\n", x); return 0; } -- write(*,*) transfer((/17.392111325966148d0,6.5794487871554595D-85, & 6.0134700243160014d-154/),(/'x'/)); end
Reply by ●September 21, 20052005-09-21
Jerry Avins wrote:> Jim Thomas wrote: > >> David Kirkland wrote: >> >>> You have to think in Hex. In C it would be (assuming an 8 bit data type) >>> 0x2B | !0x2B = 0xFF >> >> >> >> That's the best argument I've seen that the ASCII code for '?' should >> have been 0xFF. > > > I like that, but it got to be the way it is so that you could overpunch > any character with Code Delete. > > JerryYou mean the 026 will live forever :{
