Re: Explain function

From	Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: Explain function
Date	2023-08-20 20:52 +0100
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> writes:

> On 20/08/2023 17:07, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
>
>> There's no specification.  It's all guesswork about what sort of
>> checksum this is.  I agree they are often externally defined, but they
>> are never externally definedto be what the OP's code implements, so who
>> knows what's wanted?
>
> I guess we will just have to wait and see if he comes back - then we'll
> hopefully know much more.

I'd like to know the context.  Is it "the teacher gave up this function
to use" or is it "I work for the MOD on missile control systems and I
have to write a checksum function"?

-- 
Ben.

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Explain function Denis U <ua.kiev.energetix@gmail.com> - 2023-08-20 02:46 -0700
  Re: Explain function David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-08-20 14:05 +0200
    Re: Explain function Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2023-08-20 14:39 +0100
      Re: Explain function David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-08-20 16:10 +0200
        Re: Explain function Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2023-08-20 16:07 +0100
          Re: Explain function David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-08-20 18:04 +0200
            Re: Explain function Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2023-08-20 20:52 +0100
      Re: Explain function Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2023-08-20 07:20 -0700
        Re: Explain function Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> - 2023-08-20 14:38 +0000
      Re: Explain function Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2023-08-20 07:38 -0700

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