Re: RESIZE-FILE - mistakes ANS made

From	"Ed" <invalid@invalid.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.forth
Subject	Re: RESIZE-FILE - mistakes ANS made
Date	2013-08-01 18:00 +1000
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Andrew Haley wrote:
>
> No, that's too dangerous.  The last thing that you need is a weird
> side-effect that automagically deletes your data.

Few languages are idiot-proof.  Certainly not Forth.

"The last thing that I need" is a stalker with a grudge.  Take the
advice that you readily give others.

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From: Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid>
Subject: Re: printing floating-point numbers to strings
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
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Date: Sat, 08 May 2010 04:46:00 -0500

[..]
Eventually, we all have to make a decision about whether to ignore a
poster altogether or to try to reply in a way that sets an example.
However, I'm not going to back down if I'm convinced someone is lying.
There's nothing wrong IMO with being forceful and sticking to your
position if you're convinced that it's right.

[..]
And, maybe, it's time to stop responding to some posters.

Andrew.

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RESIZE-FILE - mistakes ANS made "Ed" <invalid@invalid.com> - 2013-07-20 00:09 +1000
  Re: RESIZE-FILE - mistakes ANS made m.a.m.hendrix@tue.nl - 2013-07-19 07:55 -0700
    Re: RESIZE-FILE - mistakes ANS made Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2013-07-19 22:34 +0200
    Re: RESIZE-FILE - mistakes ANS made "Ed" <invalid@invalid.com> - 2013-07-22 14:39 +1000
      Re: RESIZE-FILE - mistakes ANS made Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2013-07-21 23:25 -0700
        Re: RESIZE-FILE - mistakes ANS made m.a.m.hendrix@tue.nl - 2013-07-22 01:21 -0700
          Re: RESIZE-FILE - mistakes ANS made Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2013-07-22 15:00 -0700
          Re: RESIZE-FILE - mistakes ANS made "Ed" <invalid@invalid.com> - 2013-07-29 18:31 +1000
            Re: RESIZE-FILE - mistakes ANS made Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-07-29 03:36 -0500
              Re: RESIZE-FILE - mistakes ANS made "Ed" <invalid@invalid.com> - 2013-08-01 18:00 +1000
                Re: RESIZE-FILE - mistakes ANS made Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-08-01 03:33 -0500
      Re: RESIZE-FILE - mistakes ANS made m.a.m.hendrix@tue.nl - 2013-07-22 01:20 -0700
        Re: RESIZE-FILE - mistakes ANS made "Ed" <invalid@invalid.com> - 2013-07-24 17:56 +1000
      Re: RESIZE-FILE - mistakes ANS made Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-07-22 03:49 -0500
  Re: RESIZE-FILE - mistakes ANS made anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-07-22 11:40 +0000
    Re: RESIZE-FILE - mistakes ANS made "Ed" <invalid@invalid.com> - 2013-07-24 18:04 +1000

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