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Re: elementary loops

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From	v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert)
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Subject	Re: elementary loops
Date	22 Jun 2015 19:17:01 GMT
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Eric Sosman wrote:
> 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."

I think it'll rather throw a DoYourHomeworkYourselfException,
which is a well known subclass of SecurityException.

>      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.

It looks suspiciously like homework.

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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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