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Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> writes:

> On 09.05.2025 17:26, Richard Heathfield wrote:
>
>> On 09/05/2025 16:04, Bonita Montero wrote:
>>
>>> Am 09.05.2025 um 17:01 schrieb Scott Lurndal:
>>>
>>>> Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> Am 06.04.2025 um 17:14 schrieb Tim Rentsch:
>>>>>
>>>>>> My impression was that "defer", or something very much like
>>>>>> it, is being considered for inclusion in a future C standard. ...
>>>>>
>>>>> With C++ you can have defer without extending the language.
>>>>
>>>> This, however is comp.lang.c.
>>>
>>> I'm just trying to make it clear that C lacks convenience
>>> and  productivity on every level.
>>
>> Then use something convenient and productive.  But please confine your
>> discussions of your chosen alternative to
>> comp.lang.your.chosen.alternative instead of dragging them into
>> comp.lang.c, where we discuss C.

[...]

> Since some folks feel comfortable in their "C" bubble I understand
> that these people might feel annoyed by such posts.
>
> But showing deficiencies (in "C") and providing counter-examples or
> alternatives from other languages [as done here] should be welcome.
> (IMO.  YMMV, of course.)  [...]
>
> But of course no one forces these annoyed people to read all posts;
> suggestions had already been given to just skip those inconvenient
> threads or subhreads.

This comment sounds like hearing from a neighbor that I shouldn't
mind if his dog shits on my lawn, because I can easily step over
the shit.  Except that here there is a notable difference, in
that it isn't the dog but the dog's owner doing the shitting.