Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Tim Rentsch Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Top 10 most common hard skills listed on resumes... Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2024 19:44:03 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 35 Message-ID: <86mskppibw.fsf@linuxsc.com> References: <874j75zftu.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <87mskwy9t1.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <875xrkxlgo.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <87o75bwlp8.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <871q27weeh.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <20240829083200.195@kylheku.com> <87v7zjuyd8.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <20240829084851.962@kylheku.com> <87mskvuxe9.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <875xrivrg0.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <20240829191404.887@kylheku.com> <87h6aytg7k.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <87jzfum66a.fsf@bsb.me.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Injection-Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2024 04:44:03 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="5dc3c968fdc353e2fd687882edf89fc4"; logging-data="3360519"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19LD3RCNUtwSCmpVQtK1e0TLXWB2X0uo68=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:da6CDWmgQx2LNh5gm+i5b6+K7l0= sha1:XO9SMeHnRQ4ubNb+us8E8u+/fSI= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:388100 Bart writes: [...] > But this is venturing away from the question of whether the left > and right sides of an assignment are compatible, or the same, or > symmetric. > > Obviously, one side is written to and the other is read; the RHS > can also contain a wider range of terms than the left side. > > But usually what can be legally on the left side on an assignment, > can also written on the right, and with the same syntax, and the > same levels of indirection. If you wouldn't mind a suggestion or two, here are some. First, look for accurate ways of expressing what you want to say. Syntactically, the relationship being considered is not a symmetry but a subset. Considering just syntax, what can appear on the left side of an assignment is a subset of what can appear on the right side of an assignment. I think everyone would agree on that point. After getting agreement on the syntax side of the issue, the discussion can then pivot to semantic considerations. Second, try not to always be so defensive. Disagreement doesn't always mean criticism. Asking a question usually isn't meant as an attack but just as an attempt to get clarification or more information. Focus on communication, especially on understanding what the other side is saying. Don't think I'm singling you out on this; lots of people here are guilty of not listening as much or as carefully as they should (myself sometimes included). Let me say explicitly, I don't mean either of these suggestions as criticism. My aim is only to help the conversation.