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Inspiration for the group

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From: david.brown@hesbynett.no (David Brown)
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Subject: Inspiration for the group
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by: David Brown - Sat, 11 Dec 2021 16:17 UTC

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by: Bart - Sat, 11 Dec 2021 17:13 UTC

On 11/12/2021 16:17, David Brown wrote:
> <https://xkcd.com/2309/>
>
> :-)

The last panel reminds me of your suggestion to just keep reusing 'x':

int x = ...;
...
int x = ...;

Or is that where you got the idea...?

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From: david.brown@hesbynett.no (David Brown)
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Subject: Re: Inspiration for the group
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by: David Brown - Sun, 12 Dec 2021 13:17 UTC

On 11/12/2021 18:13, Bart wrote:
> On 11/12/2021 16:17, David Brown wrote:
>> <https://xkcd.com/2309/>
>>
>> :-)
>
> The last panel reminds me of your suggestion to just keep reusing 'x':
>
>    int x = ...;
>    ...
>    int x = ...;
>
> Or is that where you got the idea...?

No, that was from real code, where cut-and-paste for similar
calculations would have been marginally more convenient if that had been
allowed.

Subject	Author
Inspiration for the group	David Brown
Re: Inspiration for the group	Bart
Re: Inspiration for the group	David Brown