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- From: schlein@umbc.edu (Jonas J. Schlein)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: Off topic post
- Date: 30 Jan 1996 17:37:59 -0500
- Organization: University of Maryland Baltimore County
- Message-ID: <4em6k7$ad7@rpc40.gl.umbc.edu>
- References: <TANMOY.96Jan27121202@qcd.lanl.gov> <TANMOY.96Jan28235629@qcd.lanl.gov> <DLyM02.9zn@emr1.emr.ca> <TANMOY.96Jan29201105@qcd.lanl.gov>
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- <refusal by someone else to assist due to non-ANSI code deleted>
-
- |> Yes, I consider it to be quite rude. Also elitist and snobby.
- |> You refused to even consider the question and wrote it off
- |> immediately upon seeing the word 'far'. That's like telling
- |> a little old lady that you won't help her cross the street
- |> because she is wearing a red coat and you *hate* the colour red.
-
- <rest deleted>
-
- Actually it's more like refusing to help a little old lady cross the street
- because she is not crossing at a crosswalk and would otherwise be breaking
- a jay walking law. The 'far' keyword is not a part of the ANSI C language.
- It is common curtesy, if posting code, to post ANSI C code which everyone
- can compile in order to assist with. If the code is for a particular platform
- then there are special newsgroups intended for these questions.
- --
- "If it wasn't for C, we would be using BASI, PASAL, and OBOL."
-
- Jonas J. Schlein (schlein@gl.umbc.edu)
-