From: walter@bytecraft.com   
      
   "Arthur J. O'Dwyer" wrote:   
      
   >  whereas no human would ever write   
   >   
   >      x * y;   
   >   
   > in its meaning of "multiply x and y, and then discard the result".   
      
   In the general case I would agree. As I read this message I was   
   writing a multibyte multiply routine for a 8 bit processor.  This   
   routine uses the sideffects of the x*y; namely the 16 bit result that   
   is returned in a pair of registers which I go on to use.   
      
   w..   
   [Sounds like fun, but it also is most definitely not C. -John]   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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