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Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70

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On 06/11/2011 6:14 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 10/17/2011 9:34 PM, B1ll Gat3s wrote:
>> On 16/10/2011 10:24 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> On 10/16/2011 1:30 AM, B1ll Gat3s wrote:
>>>> On 15/10/2011 9:43 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>>> That is the best possible reply.
>>>>
>>>> But it's *not* the best possible reply, unless you believe the man's
>>>> C.O.D. is known to no-one and never will be known.
>>>
>>> If the cause of death has not been made public yet, then
>>> even those that know could not post a a better answer.
>>
>> Of course they could. How do you think they'd make it public?
>
> If and when they get authorization to make it public then they
> can tell.

They *can* tell anything they know. Perhaps they *may* not, according to 
some rule or regulation, but they *can*.

>>> The best answer today may not be the best answer tomorrow. But
>>> that does not make it possible to provide a better answer today.
>>
>> Did I claim it was, on any particular day?
>
> No.
>
> But you can obviously only get todays answer today.

But I didn't demand an answer by any particular time.


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Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-11-06 18:14 -0500
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