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Re: Smaller C

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From "Rod Pemberton" <boo@fasdfrewar.cdm>
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Subject Re: Smaller C
Date Sat, 26 Sep 2015 16:23:09 -0400
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On Fri, 18 Sep 2015 09:48:26 -0400, James Harris <james.harris.1@gmail.com> wrote:

> "Rod Pemberton" <boo@fasdfrewar.cdm> wrote in message
> news:op.x4zj4l2myfako5@localhost...
>> On Mon, 14 Sep 2015 08:19:54 -0400, James Harris
>> <james.harris.1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:mt4dpo$6es$1@dont-email.me...
>>>> "Rod Pemberton" <boo@fasdfrewar.cdm> wrote in message
>>>> news:op.x4wfnyq1yfako5@localhost...
>>>>> On Sun, 13 Sep 2015 04:49:27 -0400, James Harris
>>>>> <james.harris.1@gmail.com> wrote:

>>> Those standards docs are very much NOT easy to read.
>>
>> See, there is no real point in rejecting H&S as an authorative source.
>> That was meant to be funny, but is a half-truth.  You really only
>> need the specifications for determining the validity of rather
>> rare situations.  Even then, most people have problems understanding
>> what is truly meant by them due to the abstractions used.  So, is
>> there a valid reason to go through the pain?  H&S went through that
>> for you.  In this case, you're asking your "savior", i.e., H&S, to
>> be perfect.
>>
>> ;-)
>
> You have a point.  [...]
>
> In the previous case where we discussed H&S, i.e. in connection with the
> switch statement, I found an online copy of their book and it seemed to
> me that they had come across what they thought of were two different
> forms (and were surprised at what they had found) so listed them without
> realising how C worked.

It seems as if you still don't accept it.

Do you agree that Duff's device both exists and works?

If so, then you must accept that H&S are correct here.


Rod Pemberton


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  Re: Smaller C "Rod Pemberton" <boo@fasdfrewar.cdm> - 2015-07-12 04:24 -0400
    Re: Smaller C "Alexei A. Frounze" <alexfrunews@gmail.com> - 2015-07-12 03:17 -0700
      Re: Smaller C "Rod Pemberton" <boo@fasdfrewar.cdm> - 2015-07-13 03:28 -0400
    Re: Smaller C "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-07-12 19:12 +0100
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          Re: Smaller C "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-07-14 09:08 +0100
            Re: Smaller C "Rod Pemberton" <boo@fasdfrewar.cdm> - 2015-07-15 02:23 -0400
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                Re: Smaller C "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-13 19:05 +0100
                Re: Smaller C "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-14 13:19 +0100
                Re: Smaller C "Rod Pemberton" <boo@fasdfrewar.cdm> - 2015-09-15 00:01 -0400
                Re: Smaller C "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-18 14:48 +0100
                Re: Smaller C "Rod Pemberton" <boo@fasdfrewar.cdm> - 2015-09-26 16:23 -0400
                Re: Smaller C James Harris <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-27 00:23 +0100
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                Re: Smaller C "Rod Pemberton" <boo@fasdfrewar.cdm> - 2015-09-27 10:24 -0400
                Re: Smaller C "Rod Pemberton" <boo@fasdfrewar.cdm> - 2015-09-27 10:46 -0400
                Re: Smaller C James Harris <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2016-01-16 16:14 +0000
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                Re: Smaller C "Rod Pemberton" <boo@fasdfrewar.cdm> - 2015-09-27 10:28 -0400
                Re: Smaller C James Harris <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2016-01-16 16:31 +0000
                Re: Smaller C Rod Pemberton <NoHaveNotOne@bcczxcfre.cmm> - 2016-01-23 13:20 -0500
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