>I should first clarify one of the three options I mentioned in my
> original email:
>
> "1) Perform the multiplication on the raw data of the string, that is
> the ascii value - this is arguably what would happen in some cases in C,
> since a string is just an array of int8's.".
>
> I think actually that C may do something even stranger...
>
> char string1[30];
> char string2[30];
> int result;
>
> main()
> {
>   result=string1*string2;
> }
>
> result will probably me the multiplication of the *address* of string1
> and string2.   Which is almost certainly what you don't want.
>

Actually, C will generate an error for this, since multiplication of two 
pointers is not defined.

-- Bob Ammerman
RAm Systems

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