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Re: elementary loops

From	Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: elementary loops
Date	2015-06-22 13:35 -0400
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<mm9gtv$3mb$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References	<loops-20150622181350@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de>

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On 6/22/2015 12:15 PM, Stefan Ram wrote:
> public class Main
> { public static void main( final java.lang.String[] args )
>    { short i = -1;
>      int   j = -1;
>      for( int k = 0; k < 65; ++k ){ i >>>= 1; j <<= 32; }
>      java.lang.System.out.println( i );
>      java.lang.System.out.println( j ); }}
>
>    I hope you can all predict what this prints and explain why.

     It prints "Rejected by code review," and the explanation
is "Because it's badly formatted, and silly to boot."

     In the actual code, are there any clues as to what the author
intended to accomplish?  I'd be interested in any explanation,
even if it's largely speculative.

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Re: elementary loops Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-06-22 13:35 -0400
  Re: elementary loops v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert) - 2015-06-22 19:17 +0000
    Re: elementary loops Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-06-22 16:15 -0400
      Re: elementary loops Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-06-22 16:28 -0400
    Re: elementary loops Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-06-28 20:09 -0400

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