Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site redwood.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!tektronix!hplabs!hpda!fortune!rhino!redwood!rpw3 From: rpw3@redwood.UUCP (Rob Warnock) Newsgroups: net.sources.bugs Subject: Re: Bug in compress - (nf) Message-ID: <121@redwood.UUCP> Date: Tue, 15-Jan-85 19:47:27 EST Article-I.D.: redwood.121 Posted: Tue Jan 15 19:47:27 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 21-Jan-85 01:58:52 EST References: <53800002@ccvaxa.UUCP> <408@petsd.UUCP> Organization: [Consultant], Foster City, CA Lines: 22 +--------------- | You are absolutely correct. The above code was inserted for the | Perkin-Elmer machine which outputs a 4 times slower compare instruction | without the "(unsigned)". The correct fix follows: | -- | Full-Name: Joseph M. Orost | UUCP: ..!{decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4}!vax135!petsd!joe | US Mail: MS 313; Perkin-Elmer; 106 Apple St; Tinton Falls, NJ 07724 +--------------- Uhh... This may be a stupid question, but if it's that slow, would there be any problem in simply defining "EOF" to be "((unsigned) -1)" in the Interdata "stdio.h"? That way, everyone in the world doesn't have to put "#ifdef interdata" in the code. Rob Warnock Systems Architecture Consultant UUCP: {ihnp4,ucbvax!dual}!fortune!redwood!rpw3 DDD: (415)572-2607 USPS: 510 Trinidad Lane, Foster City, CA 94404