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- From: nikki@trmphrst.demon.co.uk (Nikki Locke)
- Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!demon!trmphrst.demon.co.uk!nikki
- Subject: Re: A modest proposal...
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- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 18:26:56 +0000
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- In article <1992Dec11.172729.20503@newshub.ariel.yorku.ca> cs911461@ariel.yorku.ca (C. Armour-Kidson) writes:
- > comp.lang.c++'ers,
- >
- > Due to amount of traffic on this group concerning Borland C++ and
- > other DOS specific compilers, would it be rude to suggest that
- > such material be moved to another newsgroup, say, comp.lang.c++.borland
- > or comp.lang.c++.dos or something? I can't speak for everyone but
- > it's getting hard to find articles specific to C++.
-
- Yes, I find these just as irrelevant as the numerous questions about HP,
- Sun, X, NIH and Interviews :-)
-
- I agree that this group has (in practice, even if not in theory) too wide
- a remit. It would be a good idea to separate out queries about specific
- compilers (whether Borland or GNU or cfront).
-
- Whether it would be a good idea to have a separate group for each
- compiler, or each operating system, or each hardware platform, I don't
- know. If there were groups "comp.lang.c++.unix", "comp.lang.c++.dos" and
- "comp.lang.c++.other", is there any chance that users (particularly new
- users) would use the correct group for OS/compiler specific questions ?
-
- No, I thought not :-(
-
- Oh, and I think this group IS the correct place to ask questions of the
- form "My brand X compiler won't compile the following code - is it a bug,
- or is it my code ?".
-
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