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Subject: Re: want opinions on possible glitch in 2.4 network error reporting
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> Hackers code sendto as:
> 	sendto(s,...);
> Professional programmers use:
> 	(void)sendto(s,...);

Remind me never to hire one of your professional programmers

> checking the return value is useless.

Not so. For a large number of situations its extremely informative. 
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