OT: Friends forever

[Erik Bixby]

<3 looking like a heart would be my guess.  As in "I <3 U."  Why yes,
I do play a lot of online games with younger folks.  Why do you ask?
;)

On 11/1/06, Alan Dayley <alandd at consultpros.com> wrote:
> Fun!
>
> On Wed, November 1, 2006 5:52 pm, Patrick C wrote:
> > or alternatively:
> >
> >  *Code:*
> > public void existence()
> > {
> >     boolean friends;
> >     for(ever = 0; ever <3; ever--)
> >     {
> >          friends = true;
> >      }
> > }
>
> - Why "<3" when it could have been "<1" or "<100000"?  Does the 3 matter
> to the philisophical point?
> - "ever" is not declared
> - "ever" will be subtracted every time through the look, becoming more
> negative each time.  Eventually, whatever type "ever" is, it will negative
> overflow (ie. roll over) becoming positive.  Depending on the system and
> compiler, the roll over will produce a zero, thus maintaining the loop or
> it will produce a very large positive number, thus ending the loop and
> ending existence!
>
> Fixed:
>
>  *Code:*
> public void existence()
> {
>     boolean friends;
>     int ever;
>
>     for(ever = 0; ever <3; )
>     {
>          friends = true;
>      }
> }
>
> ;^)
>
> Alan
>
>
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