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Re: readir() II

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From: Andrew Poelstra
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:20
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On 2010-02-07, Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mssgmbh.com> wrote:
> pjb@informatimago.com (Pascal J. Bourguignon) writes:
>> Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mssgmbh.com> writes:
>>>
>>> There is no such thing as 'normal integer arithmetic' 
>>
>> Of course.  Ask anybody in the street how much is 4294967295 + 1.
>
> Since when is the belief of a majority of ignorants (ignorant on this
> particular topic) a proof? 
>

I think that "the belief of a majority of ignorants" is the
definition of normal.

;)
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