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From: Tim Rentsch
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Subject: Re: Taming The Switch-Statement
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 22:16:56 -0700
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Janis Papanagnou writes:
> On 2026-10-28 19:59, Tim Rentsch wrote:
>
>> Janis Papanagnou writes:
>>
>>> I think people can make an educated decision themselves about
>>> whom they killfile and how they waste their time. ;-)
>>
>> Please don't make things worse by encouraging the blatherskites.
>>
>> P.S. For those unfamiliar with the word blatherskite, here is a
>> partial definition
>>
>> fir is a blatherskite;
>>
>> anyone who routinely responds to any blatherskite is a
>> blatherskite.
>
> Okay, by that definition you primarily named Keith a
> "blatherskite".
I think you missed the word "routinely" in my statement.