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- From: z007400b@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us (Ralph Silverman)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: What is a right hand pointing arrow?
- Date: 5 Mar 1996 18:12:03 GMT
- Organization: SEFLIN Free-Net - Broward
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- References: <824587015snz@metsys.demon.co.uk> <4g7lrc$kg3@barnacle.iol.ie> <danpop.824675449@rscernix> <31200CDA.5240@netcom.com> <4gficnINN736@keats.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca> <4gir18$io2@crchh327.rich.bnr.ca>
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- Karlon West (karlon@bnr.ca) wrote:
- : Kazimir Kylheku (c2a192@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca) wrote:
- : > In article <31200CDA.5240@netcom.com>, Karlon West <karlon@netcom.com> wrote:
- : > >Dan Pop wrote:
- : > >> 27 (033 or 0x1B) is ASCII ESC
- : > >>
- : > >> 26 (aka ^Z) is used by some brain dead MSDOS software as an end of file
- : > >> marker.
- : > >>
- : > >> Dan
-
- : > >It's useless drivel like this that make this group a chore to read
- : > >through. None of the above has anything to do with comp.lang.c, and if
- : > >you're gonna talk about msdos, perhaps you should send it to
- : > >one of the msdos groups, where people might care about crap like this.
-
- : > Who are you flaming? Dan is a good contributor to the newsgroup. Thanks to Mr.
- : > Pop, I'm discovering that even though I have some sort of unconscious knowledge
- : > of the C language which enables me to get on with the business of designing
- : > robust programs, I don't seem to have complete knowledge of the explicit rules
- : > of the standard. Linguists believe that speakers do not have conscious access
- : > to the rules of their language which enables them to produce coherent
- : > sentences. Could this also be true of programmers who have been coding for a
- : > long time? Of course, as a programmer you have substantial explicit knowledge
- : > of most of the rules.
-
- : > >This is simply one more reason why ignorants and idiots should keep
- : > >their mouth shut, when they choose to extend a useless thread in
- : > >a group that already has too many useless threads.
- : > >
- : > >Next time before you followup on an off-topic thread, please,
- : > >first read the FAQ, then don't post.
-
- : > You _are_ flaming Dan. Why? If you follow the newsgroup a little more, you will
- : > not that Dan's posts are usually concise, accurate and relevant.
-
- : Kazimir,
- : You are correct on both counts, I was flaming Dan, and Dan's posts are
- : usually concise, accurate and relevant.
- : ^^^^^^^
-
- : I've been reading this group for years, as in plural, and I myself have
- : learned a lot about the ANSI standard from Dan. However, just a few
- : days before my post, Dan had made the same comments, "useless drivel",
- : "ignorants and idiots", "keep their mouth shut", etc... to someone that
- : Dan thought had posted irrelevant and incorrect information. Dan
- : basically has 3 types of News posts, 1) the correct, concise info, 2)the
- : rare off-topic non-relevant post, and 3) the out-and-out HARSH flames
- : ^^^^
- : against people's posts that do not meet Dan's standards. Now, take a
- : sec and read the 2 lines above that Dan posted. Yeah, "27 is ASCII ESC"
- : and "msdos uses ^Z as eof". Now, tell me Kazimir, what does that have
- : to do with comp.lang.c? Answer: nothing. Yet Dan posted anyway.
- : Hence, my satirical flame against Dan, using his own words against him,
- : for posting off-topic, non-relevant info. I'm assuming most people
- : found the humour in my flame, I apologize that the humour was lost on
- : you.
-
- : Karlon
-
- --
- ***********begin r.s. response************
-
- by 'right hand pointing arrow'
- is
- ->
- meant
- by any chance?
-
- this references a structure field...
- much as does the period or 'dot'.
- .
- .
- however,
- where this is appropriately used...
- the structure itself is referenced
- by a pointer!
- ^^^^^^^
-
- ***********end r.s. response**************
- Ralph Silverman
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