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In article <mtobin-99A222.22175206122000@news.earthlink.net>, Michael
Tobin <mtobin@macalester.edu> wrote:

>I've been trying to get a java program to run on my Mac.  It is a 
>microprogramming simulator (for use with "Structured Computer 
>Organization" by Andrew Tanenbaum).  The package comes with an assembly 
>language assembler and a microprogram assembler.  The problem is that it 
>runs perfectly well on Windows and Unix systems, but for some reason, it 
>will not work on my Mac.  After much effort and debugging, I have found 
>the culprit (the variable 'in' is of type BufferedInputStream):
 
>/***********************************************************************/
>                     /* This loop right HERE!
>                     while (((char)ch) != '\n' && ch > -1)
>                     {
>                        ch = in.read();
>                     }
>/**********************************************************************/
 
It is because Macs use  a different line ending than UNIX does.  the 0xA
and 0xD are turned around.

Try

 while (((char)ch) != ('\n' || '\r') && ch > -1)

Note I'm a C programer not Java so I'd appreciate any corrections on my
assumptions.


Ron

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