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Subject: Re: Python Front-end to GCC
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> As for the hex value for Nan who really gives a toss?  The whole point is
> that you initialise to something that you do not expect to see.  Do you not
> have a text book that explains this concept?

No, I don't think there is a textbook that explains such a concept of
initializing memory to anything but 0 -- UNLESS you're from Stupid
University.

Thanks for providing fodder...

Mark Janssen, Ph.D.
Tacoma, WA