Re: looking at binary files with C

From	Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: looking at binary files with C
Date	2011-06-13 08:51 -0700
Organization	None to speak of
Message-ID	<lny615687o.fsf@nuthaus.mib.org> (permalink)
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Uno <Uno@example.invalid> writes:
> 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.

If you're using the same C code both as your requirements
specification and as your implementation, then congratulations,
you're done!  By definition, the program does what it does.  If your
code has a syntax error, we can only assume that your goal is to
produce compiler error messages.

If you can't describe what you want to do in English (or whatever
your native language happens to be), then you don't know what you
want to do.  (If you can but won't, we can assume you don't really
want any help.)

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Nokia
"We must do something.  This is something.  Therefore, we must do this."
    -- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"

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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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