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| From | Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Call to a function |
| Date | 2023-11-14 09:02 -0800 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <86sf58xo7b.fsf@linuxsc.com> (permalink) |
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James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> writes:
> On 2023-11-13 at 11:16, Tim Rentsch wrote:
> ...
>
>> I don't see what it is you are hoping to accomplish with the
>> above comments. Can you shed some light on that?
>
> [long response]
I want to address one part of what you said in your two last
postings, while I think about how to respond to other parts.
In an earlier posting, I wrote:
Give a direct answer: "I believe the intent of the C standard
allows an implementation not to accept any program that is not
strictly conforming. (When you say reject I'm assuming you
mean the opposite of accept.)" Just those two sentences, and
nothing more.
When I say "the intent of the C standard", that is a stand-in for
a longer phrasing along the lines of "the intended meaning of the
C standard" or "the intent of the C standard's authors".
When I say "I believe ..." I mean it in the same way that I might
say "I believe the Riemann Hypothesis is true." That is, I am
making a statement about a question of fact, expressing a belief
about the answer to the question, without having proof or otherwise
convincing evidence.
To give a contrast, I do not mean "I believe ..." as addressing a
question of faith or a question of opinion. For example, "I believe
God exists" is a statement about a question of faith; answers to
questions of faith are unknowable, more or less by definition,
except by having faith.
Do you understand what I'm saying in those last three paragraphs?
Or is there something you're unsure about or find confusing?
When reading a statement or a question from someone, it's imporant
to understand what the writer thinks about what the statement or
question means. Similarly, when writing a statement or a question
for another person or persons, it's important to express what one
hopes to communicate in a way that will be understood by the
expected or intended audience as having the same meaning as what
the writer hopes to convey.
Does this last paragraph make sense? Would you say you agree with
it?
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Re: Call to a function James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2023-11-10 12:08 -0500
Re: Call to a function Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2023-11-13 08:16 -0800
Re: Call to a function James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2023-11-13 14:15 -0500
Re: Call to a function Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2023-11-14 09:02 -0800
Re: Call to a function James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2023-11-14 13:10 -0500
Re: Call to a function Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2023-11-18 23:27 -0800
Re: Call to a function James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2023-11-19 12:22 -0500
Re: Call to a function Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2023-11-19 13:31 -0800
Re: Call to a function Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2024-01-22 18:15 -0800
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