From: elf AT netcom DOT com (Marc Singer)
Message-Id: <199610221957.MAA26135@netcom8.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Laugh at my mistakes (Errors you wish you're mother told you about)
To: cat AT sun4 DOT iol DOT unh DOT edu (Chris A. Triebel)
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 12:57:02 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com (DJGPP List Alias)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.961021122321.28339B-100000@sun4.iol.unh.edu> from "Chris A. Triebel" at Oct 21, 96 12:26:13 pm
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[deletia]

> Very common for me using a compiler that doesn't throw a warning about 
> setting value where it suspects a comparator should be.

I does warn you if you enable warnings.  Try -Wall.