On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:56:33 -0500, Shirley wrote: > "mixed nuts" <melopsiticus@undulatus.budgie> wrote in message > news:fhert8$2s5$1@aioe.org... > >> Shirley wrote: >> >>> "mimus" <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote in message >>> news:TMidnbGUGe1UdaXanZ2dnUVZ_u_inZ2d@giganews.com... >>> >>>>On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:53:40 -0500, Shirley wrote: >>>> >>>>>"mimus" <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>>>news:jNKdnViio4nbe6XanZ2dnUVZ_tGonZ2d@giganews.com... >>>>> >>>>>>On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:37:20 -0500, Shirley wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>"mimus" <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>>>>>news:zKednSL5BNZtf6XanZ2dnUVZ_gednZ2d@giganews.com... >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:57:37 -0600, Per wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>... is the next time I see the doctor. Now, I have to get the >>>>>>>>>medicalport removed in two weeks or so. Then, I am going to get >>>>>>>>>tested >>>>>>>>>for Celiac Disease. Bleh. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Are we having a contest or something? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>And why am I asking so many questions tonight? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Somebody give me a Turing test, quick. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>http://www.aaai.org/AITopics/html/turing.html >>>>>> >>>>>>107H I'm sorry, I'm not programmed to handle HTTP. >>>>> >>>>>*sigh* >>>>> >>>>><POKE> >>>>> >>>>>Throws mimus into pit until he stops asking questions. >>>> >>>>Doesn't work unless there's pointy brackets around it. >>> >>> Fussy, fussy, fussy. >>> >>> <<<<<picks up mimus>>>>>> >>> >>> <<<<<Twirls over head>>>>>> >>> >>> <<<<<Throws into pit>>>>>>> >>> >>>><thumbs nose> >>> >>> <<<<<sticks out tongue>>>>> >>> >>> <<<<<makes raspberry sounds>>>>> >>> >> Now you've done it. Yer gonna overflow his pointy bracket buffer. > > Will his head spin around and pea soup spew from his nose? No, that's when someone tries to feed me pea soup. -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 You want a job and a lizard to ride? < _The Einstein Intersection_
mimus wrote: > On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:06:20 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: > >>Shirley wrote: >> >>>"mimus" <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>news:TMidnbGUGe1UdaXanZ2dnUVZ_u_inZ2d@giganews.com... >>> >>>>On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:53:40 -0500, Shirley wrote: >>>> >>>>>"mimus" <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>>>news:jNKdnViio4nbe6XanZ2dnUVZ_tGonZ2d@giganews.com... >>>>> >>>>>>On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:37:20 -0500, Shirley wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>"mimus" <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>>>>>news:zKednSL5BNZtf6XanZ2dnUVZ_gednZ2d@giganews.com... >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:57:37 -0600, Per wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>... is the next time I see the doctor. Now, I have to get the >>>>>>>>>medicalport removed in two weeks or so. Then, I am going to get >>>>>>>>>tested >>>>>>>>>for Celiac Disease. Bleh. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Are we having a contest or something? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>And why am I asking so many questions tonight? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Somebody give me a Turing test, quick. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>http://www.aaai.org/AITopics/html/turing.html >>>>>> >>>>>>107H I'm sorry, I'm not programmed to handle HTTP. >>>>> >>>>>*sigh* >>>>> >>>>><POKE> >>>>> >>>>>Throws mimus into pit until he stops asking questions. >>>> >>>>Doesn't work unless there's pointy brackets around it. >>> >>>Fussy, fussy, fussy. >>> >>><<<<<picks up mimus>>>>>> >>> >>><<<<<Twirls over head>>>>>> >>> >>><<<<<Throws into pit>>>>>>> >>> >>>><thumbs nose> >>> >>><<<<<sticks out tongue>>>>> >>> >>><<<<<makes raspberry sounds>>>>> >>> >>Now you've done it. Yer gonna overflow his pointy bracket buffer. > > I can handle buffers now. Including realloc()ation on the fly. Heh. > Spent several months trying to figure out why a modest program that read in a parameter file, parsed it, read in a 'macro' program, parsed it, displayed current state information resulting from user actions, wrote state information to a small binary file in case there was a power failure to avoid having to run through a full initialization sequence and talked to some hardware that I had designed would 'randomly' crash with a message "tried to free already free memory" leading windows to blue-screen if you touched anything. Wouldn't crash with debug on and windows never got far enough to report an exit code. Then I ported it to gcc/linux and it never crashed again. I still haven't recovered a feeling that alloc(), realloc()... are safe to use though. I think I caught PTSD from Microsoft. -- nuts
On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:53:49 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: > mimus wrote: >> On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:06:20 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: >> >>>Shirley wrote: >>> >>>>"mimus" <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>>news:TMidnbGUGe1UdaXanZ2dnUVZ_u_inZ2d@giganews.com... >>>> >>>>>On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:53:40 -0500, Shirley wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>"mimus" <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>>>>news:jNKdnViio4nbe6XanZ2dnUVZ_tGonZ2d@giganews.com... >>>>>> >>>>>>>On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:37:20 -0500, Shirley wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>"mimus" <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>>>>>>news:zKednSL5BNZtf6XanZ2dnUVZ_gednZ2d@giganews.com... >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:57:37 -0600, Per wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>... is the next time I see the doctor. Now, I have to get the >>>>>>>>>>medicalport removed in two weeks or so. Then, I am going to get >>>>>>>>>>tested >>>>>>>>>>for Celiac Disease. Bleh. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>Are we having a contest or something? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>And why am I asking so many questions tonight? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>Somebody give me a Turing test, quick. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>http://www.aaai.org/AITopics/html/turing.html >>>>>>> >>>>>>>107H I'm sorry, I'm not programmed to handle HTTP. >>>>>> >>>>>>*sigh* >>>>>> >>>>>><POKE> >>>>>> >>>>>>Throws mimus into pit until he stops asking questions. >>>>> >>>>>Doesn't work unless there's pointy brackets around it. >>>> >>>>Fussy, fussy, fussy. >>>> >>>><<<<<picks up mimus>>>>>> >>>> >>>><<<<<Twirls over head>>>>>> >>>> >>>><<<<<Throws into pit>>>>>>> >>>> >>>>><thumbs nose> >>>> >>>><<<<<sticks out tongue>>>>> >>>> >>>><<<<<makes raspberry sounds>>>>> >>>> >>>Now you've done it. Yer gonna overflow his pointy bracket buffer. >> >> I can handle buffers now. Including realloc()ation on the fly. Heh. >> > Spent several months trying to figure out why a modest program that read > in a parameter file, parsed it, read in a 'macro' program, parsed it, > displayed current state information resulting from user actions, > wrote state information to a small binary file in case there was a > power failure to avoid having to run through a full initialization > sequence and talked to some hardware that I had designed would > 'randomly' crash with a message "tried to free already free memory" > leading windows to blue-screen if you touched anything. Wouldn't crash > with debug on and windows never got far enough to report an exit code. > Then I ported it to gcc/linux and it never crashed again. I still > haven't recovered a feeling that alloc(), realloc()... are safe to use > though. I think I caught PTSD from Microsoft. I've always shivered every time I read that in K&R (2d.ed.) about how trying to free memory (a pointer) not originally allocated or set with malloc()/ calloc() is, quote, "a ghastly error". "Ghastly"? <shiver> -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 You want a job and a lizard to ride? < _The Einstein Intersection_
