Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 20:03:57 -0400
From: Jim Rees <rees@umich.edu>
To: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Cc: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] strings: helper for maximum decimal encoding of an
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Al Viro wrote:

  On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 05:22:27PM -0400, Jim Rees wrote:
  > J. Bruce Fields wrote:
  > 
  >   From: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@redhat.com>
  >   
  >   I've seen a couple examples recently where we've gotten this wrong.
  >   Maybe something like this would help?  Is there some better way?
  >   
  >   (Approximation due to Jim Rees).
  > 
  > Please add Suggested-by: Jim Rees <rees@umich.edu>.  I'm thinking of
  > patenting the algorithm.
  
  Is that a joke?

Yes, that's a joke.  Sorry if it wasn't obvious.

I am, however offering up licenses at a cost of one pint of beer per
thousand digits converted.
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