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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: Readability part I - code
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2015 10:49:53 -0700
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Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> writes:
> On 10/07/15 15:35, Tim Rentsch wrote:
> Um, I know this has nothing to do with the thread, but, uh...
>
>>
>> and I prefer this
>>
>>      int
>>      is_prime( int n ){
>>          int i;
>>          for(  i = 2;  i < n;  i++  ){
>>              if(  n%i == 0  )  return  0;
>>          }
>>          return  1;
>>      }
>
> ...how sure are you about that function? It is saying that all negative 
> integers are prime, as are 0, 1, and 2... and *everything else* is 
> non-prime.

No, it works correctly for integers greater than 1 (I just tried it).

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