Re: looking at binary files with C

From	Uno <Uno@example.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: looking at binary files with C
Date	2011-06-12 17:24 -0600
Message-ID	<95l068FnimU2@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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On 06/12/2011 05:23 PM, Keith Thompson wrote:
> Uno<Uno@example.invalid>  writes:
>> On 06/12/2011 03:42 PM, Eric Sosman wrote:
>>> On 6/12/2011 4:47 PM, Uno wrote:
>>>>
>>>> There were a lot of problems with this source that needing ironing out,
>>>> and I needed to start to somehwhere.
>>>
>>> An *excellent* place to start is with a description of what
>>> you want the program to do. As it is, you've just thrown a bunch
>>> of code at us and expected us to divine your intentions. If the
>>> code were not so clearly broken, divination might stand a chance;
>>> even then it would be better to state your purpose. With broken
>>> code, such a statement is even more important.
>>
>> It takes me a few posts before I get a syntactical C program to use to
>> describe what I'm doing.  Without referent source, I can't communicate
>> this.
> [...]
>
> You should be able to describe it in English.  If you can't, I suggest
> that you don't really know what you're doing.
>

My english is fine, keith, thx for caring.
-- 
Uno

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looking at binary files with C Uno <Uno@example.invalid> - 2011-06-12 00:06 -0600
  Re: looking at binary files with C Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-12 18:41 +1200
    Re: looking at binary files with C Uno <Uno@example.invalid> - 2011-06-12 00:58 -0600
  Re: looking at binary files with C Barry Schwarz <schwarz45@yahoo.com> - 2011-06-12 00:05 -0700
    Re: looking at binary files with C Uno <Uno@example.invalid> - 2011-06-12 01:41 -0600
      Re: looking at binary files with C "Joachim Schmitz" <jojo.nospam@schmitz-digital.de> - 2011-06-12 11:44 +0200
      Re: looking at binary files with C Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2011-06-12 10:25 -0600
  Re: looking at binary files with C Ike Naar <ike@sverige.freeshell.org> - 2011-06-12 10:26 +0000
  Re: looking at binary files with C Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-06-12 08:23 -0400
    Re: looking at binary files with C Hans Vlems <hvlems@freenet.de> - 2011-06-13 23:48 -0700
    Re: looking at binary files with C Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2011-06-23 00:55 -0700
  Re: looking at binary files with C "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2011-06-12 14:26 +0100
  Re: looking at binary files with C Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2011-06-12 10:24 -0600
    Re: looking at binary files with C Uno <Uno@example.invalid> - 2011-06-12 14:47 -0600
      Re: looking at binary files with C "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2011-06-12 22:23 +0100
        Re: looking at binary files with C Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-06-12 14:29 -0700
          Re: looking at binary files with C Uno <Uno@example.invalid> - 2011-06-12 16:31 -0600
            Re: looking at binary files with C Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-06-12 16:14 -0700
              Re: looking at binary files with C Uno <Uno@example.invalid> - 2011-06-12 18:41 -0600
      Re: looking at binary files with C Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-06-12 17:42 -0400
        Re: looking at binary files with C Uno <Uno@example.invalid> - 2011-06-12 17:01 -0600
          Re: looking at binary files with C Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-06-12 16:23 -0700
            Re: looking at binary files with C Uno <Uno@example.invalid> - 2011-06-12 17:24 -0600
              Re: looking at binary files with C Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-13 11:28 +1200
                Re: looking at binary files with C Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2011-06-12 16:52 -0700
              Re: looking at binary files with C Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-06-13 08:51 -0700
            Re: looking at binary files with C Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-06-13 14:39 +0000
              Re: looking at binary files with C Uno <Uno@example.invalid> - 2011-06-13 20:01 -0600
                Re: looking at binary files with C Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-06-13 19:24 -0700
                Re: looking at binary files with C Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-06-14 17:02 +0000
                Re: looking at binary files with C Uno <Uno@example.invalid> - 2011-06-16 01:32 -0600
          Re: looking at binary files with C Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-06-13 07:57 -0400
            Re: looking at binary files with C Uno <Uno@example.invalid> - 2011-06-13 20:23 -0600
              Re: looking at binary files with C Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-06-13 23:12 -0400
                Re: looking at binary files with C lovecreatesbeauty <lovecreatesbeauty@gmail.com> - 2011-06-14 01:09 -0700
          Re: looking at binary files with C Oliver Jackson <chexmofo@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-15 20:15 -0700
      Re: looking at binary files with C Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2011-06-12 18:41 -0600
      Re: looking at binary files with C James Waldby <not@valid.invalid> - 2011-06-13 01:16 +0000
        Re: looking at binary files with C Uno <Uno@example.invalid> - 2011-06-12 19:48 -0600
        Re: looking at binary files with C "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2011-06-14 12:19 +0200
          Re: looking at binary files with C lovecreatesbeauty <lovecreatesbeauty@gmail.com> - 2011-06-14 03:58 -0700
            Re: looking at binary files with C "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2011-06-14 19:07 +0200
              Re: looking at binary files with C "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2011-06-14 19:46 +0200
              Re: looking at binary files with C Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2011-06-14 16:08 -0600
          Re: looking at binary files with C Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-15 08:47 +1200
      Re: looking at binary files with C Hans Vlems <hvlems@freenet.de> - 2011-06-13 23:51 -0700
  Re: looking at binary files with C Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> - 2011-06-15 13:06 -0700
    Re: looking at binary files with C Uno <Uno@example.invalid> - 2011-06-16 01:38 -0600
      Re: looking at binary files with C Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> - 2011-06-16 00:54 -0700
        Re: looking at binary files with C James Waldby <not@valid.invalid> - 2011-06-16 16:59 +0000
      Re: looking at binary files with C "J. J. Farrell" <jjf@bcs.org.uk> - 2011-06-16 18:32 +0100

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