Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Uncle Steve Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Types in C Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 11:04:28 -0400 Organization: Friends of the Galactic Collective Lines: 32 Message-ID: <191501fc25c5909-fd31e@gmail.com> References: <43d4ef5f7d2b0f9-0f635@gmail.com> <848fd4a481072a3-7a4d3@gmail.com> <5e3bc1901a4e1d6-bdea9@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="HoLaDevQz+VWJX9t0+Um9g"; logging-data="15971"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18YnY6SnXkUwTGupdlh1teM" User-Agent: nn 6.7.3 Content-Length: 1006 Cancel-Lock: sha1:qvrZmXq6ZoQC5bd0X1d+JDN8L3o= Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.c:4697 On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 01:26:28AM -0500, Shao Miller wrote: > On 5/23/2011 11:07 PM, Uncle Steve wrote: > >What, is 'claim' some sort of trigger word that makes your skin turn > >green and drives you to throw stray automobiles all over the place? > > No. It's really too bad that I didn't have the request not to quote > that in the very same post, as it seems you didn't read it in time not > to quote the post. Thus it has already begun to back-fire. Hopefully > that's the end of it. > > I was merely offering some advice which was intended to be friendly, as > your prolonged argument/discussion with a particular poster triggered a > memory. Possibly it would be better to use email in such cases, but that is a minor quibble. > Even worse than "claim" is "invent". Obviously you are free to use or > discard any advice. :) True enough. Regards, Uncle Steve -- Should a professional politician be charged with molestation if he kisses babies while attending political rallies?