in reply to Why is my reputation falling?

$chip++ while $votes_remaining--, even if the gods restore your XP; this is to fight evil.

It sounds like the gods will take care of the immediate problem, but for the future (and for other monks), these might help non-gods see patterns in voting:

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Re(2): Why is my reputation falling?
by chip (Curate) on Jun 24, 2002 at 17:49 UTC
    Thank you very much ... though I'm afraid your code snippet will leave you with negative $votes_remaining. :-)

        -- Chip Salzenberg, Free-Floating Agent of Chaos

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      ... though I'm afraid your code snippet will leave you with negative $votes_remaining. :-)

      Seems people will always be tripping over the --$var vs. $var-- subtlety where do and while enter the picture...

      --rjray

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