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From: ags@pucc-i (Seaman)
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Subject: Re:  Algol-style vs C-style semicolons - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 14-Jun-84 11:04:12 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 14 11:04:12 1984
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>  Sorry, but
>  	while ( expr ) statement
>  is not a C statement at all.  Where did you get the idea that this
>  is a complete statement?  Does YOUR compiler accept this idea?  etc.

By gosh, he's right!  According to K&R, p. 202, the correct form for a
while statement is not

	while ( expr ) statement
but
	while ( expression ) statement

It certainly pays to read.  :-)
-- 

Dave Seaman			"My hovercraft is full of eels."
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