From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: A nice trap! (2)
Date:	Sun, 31 May 1998 12:41:37 -0400
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Seawolf wrote:
> 
> Now try:
> f = 10 / 1.1;
> 
> Funny!?

Is this a trick question?  The first program prints 0.000000, the second
prints 9.090909.  Any C tutorial should tell you the difference between
integer and floating point division and the rules of implicit type
promotion.

BTW, your test program has some significant flaws.  First, main() must
return an integer according to the ANSI standard.  Second, library
functions like printf() must be prototyped by including the appropriate
standard header file, in this case stdio.h.  If you compile your program
with '-Wall', you'll see these flagged as warnings.  Even test code
should conform to the rules of the language.

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