<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On 26 October 2013 06:18, Mark Janssen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dreamingforward@gmail.com" target="_blank">dreamingforward@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">> As for the hex value for Nan who really gives a toss? The whole point is<br>
> that you initialise to something that you do not expect to see. Do you not<br>
> have a text book that explains this concept?<br>
<br>
</div>No, I don't think there is a textbook that explains such a concept of<br>
initializing memory to anything but 0 -- UNLESS you're from Stupid<br>
University.<br>
<br>
Thanks for providing fodder...<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I know I'm replying to a someone who has trolled many threads over multiple years ... or as I'm now starting to suspect, possibly a bot, but I'll give him (it?) this one chance to show the capability to read and learn.</div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexspeak">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexspeak</a></div><div><br></div><div>Search for 0xBAADF00D; 0xBADDCAFE; and (in particular) OxDEADBEEF. These are historical examples of this technique used by major companies.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Tim Delaney</div></div></div></div>