On 25 Sep 97 at 15:12, John Payson wrote:

> > >  3) Be SURE your computed address is limited to
> > >the number of table elements you have.  Otherwise, you might vector into
> > >la-la land.  Hope this helps.
> >  ^^^^^
> > You know you've been programming too long when you start wondering why
 unused
> >  memory would be filled with the value 26....
>
>

Duh!

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> Why do programmers confuse Christmas and Halloween?
>
>
> Because 31oct equals 25dec !
>

I *knew* bases were involved - but the times I use octal could be
counted on 1 hand of a careless butcher - I was looking for a hex
tie-in - you know - witch-craft/hex?  The OCTober part went straight
by - I was looking at 10.
Good one...
MikeS
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