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From: Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Even more problems with lcc-win
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David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> writes:

> On 24/03/17 15:20, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>> BartC <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
>>> On 24/03/2017 13:50, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>>>> BartC <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
>>>
>>>>> A little bit different.
>>>>
>>>> Why would any C programmer care?
>>>
>>> I think you've just explained it all. After all what does it matter if 
>>> these system headers - on which so many things depend - are a huge, 
>>> ugly, bloated unmaintainable mess?
>> 
>> Again, tell me why a C programmer would care?
>> 
>
> Also, why would you (Bart) think that the Linux system is unmaintainable?

This is a man who claims he is writing a C compiler, and then asks
questions about aliasing in the Standard so trivial that even I can
answer them.

The working of his mind is not something that mortals should ponder.