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On 3/3/25 12:32 AM, rbowman wrote:
> On Sun, 2 Mar 2025 23:19:41 -0500, c186282 wrote:
> 
>> On 3/2/25 3:43 PM, John Levine wrote:
>>> According to c186282  <c186282@nnada.net>:
>>>>     Even 'clear' C is often NOT so clear - neither the syntax or logic.
>>>>     You've gotta EXPLAIN every step to yourself.
>>>
>>> Well, yeah.
>>>
>>> 	i += 2;	/* add 1 to index */
>>
>> Actually, that adds 2 to the index
> 
> And here I thought it was an example of a comment that never was
> updated...


   COULD be  :-)

   Or the code could be bad.

   Diligence is mandatory.