Re: A request, and a question

From	Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: A request, and a question
Date	2024-01-28 21:17 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<ACClDmHp8lLCxWc1B@bongo-ra.co> (permalink)
References	<86h6ixcj2c.fsf@linuxsc.com>

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On Sun, 28 Jan 2024 12:13:47 -0800
Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> wrote:
> I have two unrelated items, both about the newsgroup but not
> directly about C.
> 
> Recently there seems to be a lot of postings mostly about issues
> in other languages (C++, Java, Python, or some others mentioned
> in passing) but having little or nothing to do with C.  I hope
> that people will remember this is comp.lang.c, and that they take
> discussions relevant to other languages but not so much about C
> to other newsgroups where that discussion is more topical.

Hear hear. Discussions about C++ in particular happen repeatedly ,
it's not just a recent occurrence.

> Second item:  I have the impression that in the last month or so
> there have been a handful of postings from James Kuyper, in each
> case intended as a direct response to a posting of mine, but not
> threaded as a followup posting in the usual newsgroup way.  Do
> other people also see this?  Or more directly, is there someone
> who can offer an independent verification of such postings?  If
> it is happening, does anyone have an idea what might be causing
> it?

James himself explains it in  <uop3fd$1d8ao$1@dont-email.me> .And it is
an example of an incorrectly threaded message : his quotations show that
it is meant as a direct response to you but the last item in
References:  is  <uje6vv$gei$1@dont-email.me>  which is another post by
James.

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A request, and a question Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2024-01-28 12:13 -0800
  Re: A request, and a question Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> - 2024-01-28 21:17 +0000
    Re: A request, and a question Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2024-01-29 11:36 -0800
    Re: A request, and a question John McCue <jmccue@qball.jmcunx.com> - 2024-01-29 21:49 +0000
      Re: A request, and a question Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-01-30 14:59 +0200
      Re: A request, and a question Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> - 2024-01-30 16:47 +0000
    Re: A request, and a question James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2024-01-29 23:54 -0500
      Re: A request, and a question Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-01-29 21:19 -0800
        Re: A request, and a question Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-01-30 00:45 -0500
        Re: A request, and a question Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-01-30 12:49 -0800
      Re: A request, and a question Kaz Kylheku <433-929-6894@kylheku.com> - 2024-01-30 05:48 +0000
        Re: A request, and a question Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-01-29 23:04 -0800
          Re: A request, and a question Kaz Kylheku <433-929-6894@kylheku.com> - 2024-01-30 20:50 +0000
            Re: A request, and a question Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-01-30 13:06 -0800
              Re: A request, and a question Kaz Kylheku <433-929-6894@kylheku.com> - 2024-01-30 21:12 +0000
                Re: A request, and a question Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-01-30 13:44 -0800
      Re: A request, and a question David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2024-01-30 09:54 +0100
        Re: A request, and a question mjos_examine <m6502x64@gmail.com> - 2024-01-30 09:53 -0500
          Re: A request, and a question Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-01-30 12:32 -0800
            Re: A request, and a question mjos_examine <m6502x64@gmail.com> - 2024-01-30 16:41 -0500
        Re: A request, and a question Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> - 2024-01-30 16:24 +0000
      Re: A request, and a question tTh <tth@none.invalid> - 2024-01-30 11:14 +0100
  Re: A request, and a question Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-01-29 00:26 +0000
    Re: A request, and a question Anthony Cuozzo <anthony@cuozzo.us> - 2024-01-28 23:57 -0500
      Re: A request, and a question Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2024-01-29 19:31 -0800
    Re: A request, and a question Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2024-01-29 11:45 -0800

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