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From: Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@talktalk.net>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.programmer,comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: Command Languages Versus Programming Languages
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 17:35:29 +0000
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cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) writes:
> In article <87zflrs1ti.fsf@doppelsaurus.mobileactivedefense.com>,
> Rainer Weikusat  <rweikusat@talktalk.net> wrote:
>>Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@talktalk.net> writes:
>>
>>[...]
>>
>>
>>> Something which would match [0-9]+ in its first argument (if any) would
>>> be:
>>>
>>> #include "string.h"
>>> #include "stdlib.h"
>>>
>>> int main(int argc, char **argv)
>>> {
>>>     char *p;
>>>     unsigned c;
>>>
>>>     p = argv[1];
>>>     if (!p) exit(1);
>>>     while (c = *p, c && c - '0' > 10) ++p;
>>
>>This needs to be
>>
>>while (c = *p, c && c - '0' > 9) ++p
>
> No, that's still wrong.  Try actually running it.

If you know something that's wrong with that, why not write it instead
of utilizing the claim for pointless (and wrong) snide remarks?