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From: LarryG
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 05:15
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 05:15
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On Mon, 09 Aug 2004 22:37:23 GMT, Alan R. Weiss <alan@ebenchmarks.com>
wrote:
> "Don Saklad" <dsaklad@nestle.csail.mit.edu> wrote in message
> news:y44d62157dd.fsf@nestle.csail.mit.edu...
>> Thank you John !
>>
>>
>> a. Step by step what are the mathematical procedures for tabulating
> elections
>> ballots in Cambridge Massachusetts?...
>>
>>
>> b. What are the algorithms compiled in the software used for tabulating
>> elections ballots in Cambridge Massachusetts?...
>
> In Cambridge, Mass:
>
> if (!DEMOCRAT)
> {
> ++votecount;
> } else
>
> {
> ++trashcan;
> }
>
>
> But for the Presidential Debates:
>
> if (!DEMOCRAT) || (!REPUBLICAN)
> {
> ++ignore_Libertarians;
> *League_Of_Women_Voters_Bank_Account = dollars;
> }
>
>
> With apologies to K & R.
>
> Alan
Eh, . . . that last one should read:
if (!DEMOCRAT) && (!REPUBLICAN)
---------------^^
Been a while since you touched code?
Cheers,
Larry G.
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