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Subject: Re: comparison logic
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Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> writes:
> Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> writes:
[...]
>> Provided 'i' is not a volatile-qualified int variable!  (Sorry, I can't
>> resit nit-picking.)
>
> I think there is a second-order nit-picking rule in play here,
> analogous to the rule about pointing out a spelling correction.
> (yes, I can't resit either.)

What is a "variable"?

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