for / while else doesn't make sense

[Marko Rauhamaa]

Random832 <random832 at fastmail.com>:

> On Thu, May 26, 2016, at 05:05, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
>>    31            24              16               8               0
>>    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
>>    | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
>>    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
>>     ^             ^               ^               ^
>
> How does someone write the constant "0x8101010" and not realize that
> something's deeply wrong with their logic? I hope however it was
> implemented made it less obvious than that.

I don't know if the Sun Microsystems developer is around to answer the
question. However, judge not lest ye be judged...


Marko