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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!usenet.goja.nl.eu.org!dotsrc.org!filter.dotsrc.org!news.dotsrc.org!not-for-mail Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 15:07:36 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: New VSI post on Youtube Newsgroups: comp.os.vms References: <66bcf876$0$717$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <66bcfbe3$0$717$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> Content-Language: en-US From: =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=C3=B8j?= In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 22 Message-ID: <66c397f6$0$716$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> Organization: SunSITE.dk - Supporting Open source NNTP-Posting-Host: 5d1a6636.news.sunsite.dk X-Trace: 1724094454 news.sunsite.dk 716 arne@vajhoej.dk/68.14.27.188:50140 X-Complaints-To: staff@sunsite.dk Bytes: 2052 On 8/19/2024 2:56 PM, chrisq wrote: > On 8/15/24 13:34, Simon Clubley wrote: >> To extend this, I also know the difference between signed and unsigned >> variables and I have a default-unsigned approach unless I absolutely >> _need_ a signed variable. >> >> Unfortunately, a lot of the material out there doesn't seem to understand >> that designing a program is about modelling a real-world problem and that >> it isn't OK to just use a signed integer to store an unsigned value. > >  Absolutely, must have come from an assembler background, where the use > of signed branches and arithmetic, can get you into serious trouble. > The standard C library, of course, tends to use signed variables for > everything, a gross error that has never been fixed... At least the C people can define an unsigned variable. Java does not have unsigned data types at all. OK - higher level language and all that. But still a PITA. Arne