Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: question about linker
Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 06:38:52 -0800
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Lines: 29
Message-ID: <867c8bk16r.fsf@linuxsc.com>
References: <vi54e9$3ie0o$1@dont-email.me> <87plmfu2ub.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <vi9jk4$gse4$1@dont-email.me> <vi9kng$gn4c$1@dont-email.me> <87frnbt9jn.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <viaqh0$nm7q$1@dont-email.me> <877c8nt255.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <viasv4$nm7q$2@dont-email.me> <vibr1l$vvjf$1@dont-email.me> <vic73f$1205f$1@dont-email.me> <20241129142810.00007920@yahoo.com> <vicfra$13nl4$1@dont-email.me> <20241129161517.000010b8@yahoo.com> <vicque$15ium$2@dont-email.me> <vid110$16hte$1@dont-email.me> <vifcll$1q9rj$1@dont-email.me> <vifiib$1s07p$1@dont-email.me> <87ldwx10gv.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <vimtt4$27vv$1@dont-email.me> <86ser1kgp5.fsf@linuxsc.com> <vit69t$1qfgg$1@dont-email.me>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Injection-Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 15:38:52 +0100 (CET)
Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="e893c75044f434f201e517765b97f4e2"; logging-data="3286661"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org";	posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/ai4fwjBHfmiYWnmj2DcOTH9LmiHgnfTk="
User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.4 (gnu/linux)
Cancel-Lock: sha1:DgsstiA0N/kwMo/UIaMkPFIGOTs= sha1:Ya9TTciQ7ajlJLCCEXBNXVFpOPk=
Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:389478

Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:

> On 05/12/2024 20:39, Tim Rentsch wrote:
>
>> Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
>>
>>> If I say I find these quirks of C confusing, people will have
>>> another go at me.
>>
>> People object not because you say some parts of C are confusing but
>> because you make them out to be more confusing than they are.  These
>> things are not that hard to understand.  No one has any doubt that
>> you could understand them if you made any sort of effort, but you
>> don't even try.  All you do is complain.  If you took even one tenth
>> the time you spend complaining on learning how things work then you
>> would understand them and could usefully spend the leftover time
>> doing something of value.  As it is you do nothing but waste
>> everyone's time, including your own.
>
> This is a discussion of language design.

No, it isn't.  Your statement, and my response to it, are both about
people's behavior.  They are not about language design.

> I wouldn't insult.

None of my statements was meant as an insult.  They were meant
simply as factual observations (or in some cases perhaps hypotheses,
but in any case statements of fact, not judgments of character).