[rescue] Cooling (Long Message, sorry)

[dave at cca.org]

mcguire at neurotica.com writes:

>  Uhh, what?  Who told you that?  Pointer arithmetic is fine, and is a
>very effective way to get things done, when it's the right tool for
>the job.  There is nothing bad about it.  You have to be careful with
>it, sure...just like, oh, driving a car or pissing without turning the
>bathroom light on.

"Pissing without turning the bathroom light on" is an *excellent*
metaphor for bad C programming.

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