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strange arithmetic

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From: Louis-David Mitterrand <mito@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: strange arithmetic
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 1997 14:09:24 -0500
Reply-to: mito@xxxxxxxxxxx

(using 3.0.5)

% i=0;while [[ $[++i] < 900 ]];do;echo $i;done
% 1
% 2
[...]
% 90

90 ?? I asked for 900 and it stops at 90. On the other hand the
following:

% i=0;while ! [[ $[++i] = 900 ]];do;echo $i;done
% 1
% 2
[...]
% 899

Is this normal?

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     Louis-David Mitterrand
     http://www.aparima.com
     mito@xxxxxxxxxxx

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