Orphaned Response

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> From: john at wvlpdp.UUCP
> Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
> Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
> Nf-ID: #R:cirl.UUCP:258:wvlpdp:6300003:37777777600:369
> Nf-From: wvlpdp!john    Apr 10 09:34:00 1986
>
>	No doubt part of the problem of incompatible structures is due
>	to the fact that int's on PDP'11 are 16 bits and 32 bits on VAXes.
>
>	If you have no need for a int to be greater than 32767 then
>	use short.

....and be sure to cast/mask appropriately when calling "printf".
For an example of the symptoms caused by failure to do this, see
the field "Nf-ID" in the header of the enclosed letter (above).
Somebody in the mailer world missed...

> John A. Ebersold 				World Video Library
>						(not a video store)
> ihnp4!convex!ctvax!trsvax!doc!wvlpdp!john	2747 Airport Freeway


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