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Re: Discarding unneeded object files

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Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> writes:

> On Sun, 2019-12-01, Tim Rentsch wrote:
>
>> Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> writes:
>>
>>> On Fri, 2019-11-29, Frederick Gotham wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have a 3rd party library which is 50 - 100 source files.
>>>
>>> ...
>>>
>>> You also posted this to comp.lang.c++. Please don't multipost!
>>>
>>> It's better to cross-post, i.e. send the same posting to both groups.
>>> That way a c.l.c reader can see that a c.l.c++ responded and save
>>> himself the trouble, or maybe clarify.  You get better answers, and
>>> everyone else wastes less time repeating the same information.
>>
>> IME threads that start off being cross-posted to c.l.c and c.l.c++
>> usually generate more pointless and/or off-topic discussion than
>> would have occurred if the original posting had been made separately
>> to the individual newsgroups (often called multi-posting).  So I
>> for one am happy to see that this question was posted separately
>> rather than being cross-posted.
>
> If it had been something likely to trigger a language flamewar
> I would have agreed and not recommended cross-posting.

My point here is kind of the opposite.  In most cases a message
cross-posted to c.l.c and c.l.c++ results in very little traffic,
or even no traffic, that is simultaneously of interest to both
groups.  What I see more often is basically separate conversations
that are either (a) of interest only to c.l.c, or (b) of interest
only to c.l.c++, or (c) not topical in either group but people
continue the conversation despite that (these are the worst:
typically they last the longest and have the lowest S/N ratio of
any of the three types).  I propose a rule of thumb: unless a
posting is likely to generate a substantial fraction of responses
that are simultaneously of interest in both newsgroups, it should
not be cross-posted to c.l.c and c.l.c++.  (For the record, I read
and have interest in both groups, but the interests are separate
to their respective group.)

> BTW, /if/ one decides to multipost, I think the message should start
> with something like "I posted this to the following newsgroups: ..."
> so people see that they may be wasting their time by replying.

I agree that in some cases this would be helpful.  In other cases
I shouldn't mind seeing it but I don't think it's always necessary
either.

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Discarding unneeded object files Frederick Gotham <cauldwell.thomas@gmail.com> - 2019-11-29 10:36 -0800
  Re: Discarding unneeded object files Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-11-29 19:29 +0000
    Re: Discarding unneeded object files Frederick Gotham <cauldwell.thomas@gmail.com> - 2019-12-01 05:13 -0800
      Re: Discarding unneeded object files gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2019-12-01 14:52 +0000
        Re: Discarding unneeded object files Frederick Gotham <cauldwell.thomas@gmail.com> - 2019-12-01 07:01 -0800
          Re: Discarding unneeded object files gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2019-12-01 15:06 +0000
          Re: Discarding unneeded object files Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2019-12-01 19:32 -0500
            Re: Discarding unneeded object files Frederick Gotham <cauldwell.thomas@gmail.com> - 2019-12-02 00:00 -0800
        Re: Discarding unneeded object files David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-12-01 17:17 +0100
  Re: Discarding unneeded object files Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2019-11-29 14:30 -0500
  Re: Discarding unneeded object files jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2019-11-30 23:44 +0100
  Re: Discarding unneeded object files Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2019-12-01 08:42 +0000
    Re: Discarding unneeded object files Frederick Gotham <cauldwell.thomas@gmail.com> - 2019-12-01 05:10 -0800
      Re: Discarding unneeded object files gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2019-12-01 14:51 +0000
      Re: Discarding unneeded object files Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2019-12-01 17:26 +0000
        Re: Discarding unneeded object files gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2019-12-01 17:43 +0000
          Re: Discarding unneeded object files Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2019-12-01 20:04 -0500
    Re: Discarding unneeded object files Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2019-12-01 09:39 -0800
      Re: Discarding unneeded object files gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2019-12-01 17:45 +0000
      Re: Discarding unneeded object files Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2019-12-02 13:15 +0000
        Re: Discarding unneeded object files Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2019-12-06 22:05 -0800

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