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Ben Pfaff
Randy Howard said:Don't worry, someone will fill the void (NPI).
void is an incomplete type that cannot be filled.
Randy Howard said:Don't worry, someone will fill the void (NPI).
void is an incomplete type that cannot be filled.
It seems to me that there is room and call for a newsgroup, perhaps
"comp.lang.c.portable", perhaps some other name, that allows
discussion of C programs which are intended to fit within well-
defined international standards such as the IEC/ISO standards,
including POSIX.*.
Walter said::You are attempting to change prevailing
:sentiment on topicality.
Thinking about what you wrote, I think you are correct. It isn't
the topicality itself that I would necessarily see changed, but rather,
just as you say, the -sentiment- about the topicality. As in
how people feel -about- topicality, and thus the manner in which
they react when something is not within the scope of what can,
in a practical sense, be handled in the newsgroup.
I have no objection at all to a group saying "This particular subject
is our area of expertise, and considering the volumes of postings,
on the whole most people here do not have time to pay attention to
much that lays outside of that area."
What I have not liked, though, is some of the manners in which
other topics are dismissed, which at times becomes reminiscent of
a butler looking down his nose and sniffing at the presumption that
one of the "lower classes" would ask him for directions.
:You will not succeed.
The evidence is certainly suggesting that I am not succeeding ;-)
:Continuing to pursue is
etulant and disgraceful on your part. You should stop now and
:apologize, as a professional should. I hold out little hope.
I make no apology for suggesting that people be treated with more
consideration.
Walter said::On 11 Feb 2005 22:47:52 GMT, in comp.lang.c , (e-mail address removed)-cnrc.gc.ca
Walter Roberson) wrote:
:>The newsgroup has *not* "always" been
:>only about "conforming" C.
:True. But it *has* been about that since very early on indeed.
Well, that's progress, that you admit now that there were topics
that were deemed suitable at one time, but which a number of people
appear to deem inappropriate now.
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