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- From: genew@mindlink.bc.ca (Gene Wirchenko)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: Off topic post
- Date: Thu, 01 Feb 1996 04:12:22 GMT
- Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
- Message-ID: <4epeme$fts@fountain.mindlink.net>
- References: <TANMOY.96Jan27121202@qcd.lanl.gov> <4egtr8$bn0@ns.RezoNet.NET> <TANMOY.96Jan28235629@qcd.lanl.gov> <DLyM02.9zn@emr1.emr.ca> <4ejfuc$i80@solutions.solon.com> <4eopgv$mub@crl13.crl.com>
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- aragon@crl.com (James Aragon) wrote:
-
- >Peter Seebach (seebs@solutions.solon.com) wrote:
-
- >> Consider; Tanmoy has a lot of experience with C. Tanmoy has finite time.
- >> If people want answers from Tanmoy, the least they can do is follow a few
- >> *reasonable* rules. (They could legitimately be expected to follow any rules
-
- >Then wouldn't it be to everyone's benefit if Tanmoy (and other comp.lang.c
- >regulars) were to assume that a person who posts a question that does not
- >follow those reasonable rules does NOT expect an answer from Tanmoy (or
- >other regular with the same "reasonable rules"). Then the best use of his
- >finite time is to SKIP that post, and leave it to those who DO want to
- >answer it. He need not waste his time commenting on posts that he doesn't
- >like.
-
- I like reasonable rules such as no spam, on-topic posts, and ANSI
- C. If someone can't follow the basics, let them go to some place
- else. I don't care for my time being wasted either. Give 'em hell,
- Tanmoy!
-
- >> 2 and 5 between them rule out the far keyword; either it is irrelevant
- >> to the question, or the question is not about C.
- > ^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- >Is anyone else as tired of this bit of false pedantry as I am? If we're
-
- No, you are the best at being tired, etc. and it's not false
- pedantry in my eyes.
-
- >going to hear this claim repeatedly, could we please at least not omit the
- >word "standard" from in front of "C"? There was C long before there was a
-
- Don't you capitalize the "S" in "Standard"? Check one or more of
- the following:
- __ Heathen!
- __ Heretic!
- __ Unbeliever!
-
- >C standard and there are many varieties of C other than standard C.
-
- Not coincidentally, there are many newsgroups for the many
- varieties of C. I like this one. YMMV.
-
- >Although standard C is probably the most useful variety by virtue of
- >being, well, standardized, let's at least quit pretending that any
- >deviation from, or extension to, the standard, however slight, results in
- >some totally new, unnamed, hitherto unknown programming language with
- >completely mysterious and unknown semantics.
-
- While not totally new, it is a different language or dialect.
- When undefined behavior is invoked, "completely mysterious and
- unknown semantics" can result.
-
- >--
- >+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
- >| Jim Aragon | Internet: aragon@crl.com | Finger me for PGP public key. |
- >+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-
- Sincerely,
-
- Gene Wirchenko
-
- C Pronunciation Guide:
- y=x++; "wye equals ex plus plus semicolon"
- x=x++; "ex equals ex doublecross semicolon"
-
-