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		tgma on Dec 28, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Subtraction is not comparison Regardless of the correctness of the code, if it's not obvious and you need to explain it, you probably should not write it (unless you have profile data that makes you do otherwise). "Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute."

caf on Dec 28, 2014 [–]

I think that particular example should be obvious to anyone whose C isn't "a little rusty".

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