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Dann Corbit
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Post by Dann Corbit Fri Jan 23, 2015 11:42 pm
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#include <stdio.h>
int main(void)
{
printf("The answer is %x, or is it %x? Hmmm... Makes no sense. Maybe %x (if the Bard approve of mixing metaphors)?\n",
0x2b || !0x2b, 0x2b | ~0x2b, 0x2b | !0x2b);
return 0;
}
bob
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Post by bob Fri Jan 23, 2015 11:55 pm
i'll byte here...
what is the point??
Perhaps that some don't understand the ! operator?
Dann Corbit
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Post by Dann Corbit Sat Jan 24, 2015 12:08 am
It's just a lame Shakespeare joke that occurred to me when I was thinking about bit patterns.
Dann Corbit
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Post by Dann Corbit Sat Jan 24, 2015 12:11 am
dcorbit@dcorbit /q
mar
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Post by mar Sat Jan 24, 2015 12:34 am
got it. like it. but why the spoiler?
bob
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Post by bob Sat Jan 24, 2015 12:35 am
mar wrote: got it. like it. but why the spoiler?
Because some of "us" don't think in terms of Shakespeare.
mvk
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Post by mvk Sat Jan 24, 2015 12:54 am
Dann Corbit wrote: Code: Select all
#include <stdio.h>
int main(void)
{
printf("The answer is %x, or is it %x? Hmmm... Makes no sense. Maybe %x (if the Bard approve of mixing metaphors)?\n",
0x2b || !0x2b, 0x2b | ~0x2b, 0x2b | !0x2b);
return 0;
}
In your case I wish 0x04 '0x2b'.
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johnwbyrd
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Post by johnwbyrd Thu Jan 29, 2015 8:46 pm
I think you've just come up with a fairly subtle DSP interview question. What do the following expressions evaluate to, and why?
johnwbyrd
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Post by johnwbyrd Thu Jan 29, 2015 9:19 pm
2 * 0xb | ~2 * 0xb
