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From: Tim Rentsch
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Subject: Re: Sort of trivial code challenge - may be interesting to you anyway
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 05:55:45 -0700
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Bart writes:
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> Funny though how TR castigated me for not offering a C solution,
No, I didn't. I said only that I see no reason to answer your
questions since you seem to have no interest in writing C code.
> but his solution is one I would not class as C code,
Your sense of self-importance is truly remarkable.