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taft@adobe.com (Ed Taft) writes:

> In article <N3oZiB1w164w@netlink.cts.com> dd@netlink.cts.com (Donna Druchunas
> >I think the line beginning r= should read:
> > 
> >     r = ((cipher + r) * c1 + c2) % 65536;
> 
> You are correct. The example C program in the Type 1 book depends on the
> type "unsigned short int" being represented in 16 bits. Shame on me for
> assuming this -- I should be flogged with a wet noodle. (If you don't know
> what I'm talking about, go watch the heated debate about "long long" in
> comp.lang.c.)
> -- 
> Ed Taft      taft@adobe.com      ...decwrl!adobe!taft

Hah! No problem, really.  Of course there's the old "never assume" argument 
but I guess it should've been obvious to me.  However, whenever I get too 
deep into PostScript code my head gets *very* muddy.

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