Re: Mail. Mail! Mail?

[Matthew Woodcraft]

Zack Weinberg wrote:
> The gcc test result script (via Mail) expects the /usr/sbin/sendmail
> interface, but not Allman's implementation. You can install whatever
> mail transport agent you prefer.

> Again, not having an MTA installed indicates a monumental error in the
> packaging or installation of your OS.

There is at least one serious distribution which has considered having no
/usr/sbin/sendmail (or mailx) in a default installation:

http://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2005-February/004207.html

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Re: Where does the C standard describe overflow of signed integers?

[Matthew Woodcraft]

Paul Schlie wrote:
>As optimization seems to be a non-argument, as by analogy all
>optimizations which are available for unsigned arithmetic are
>correspondingly available for signed integer operations; as any signed
>value may then be thought of as being unsigned for the purposes of
>computation and/or comparison.

What about optimising x*2/2 to x?

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