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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: New directions in C
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 11:14:25 -0700
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Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> writes:
[snip]
> And of course the extensions to C are, by definition, not
> standard. But it's drawing topicality to strictly to say that the
> compiler can't be discussed here. If it had achieved market
> breakthrough and was a major extension able to support its own
> newsgroup, like C sharp, then we'd rule it non-topical. But not for
> embryonic extensions, assuming reasonable adherence to community
> norms, i.e. not trying to hijack every discussion.

comp.compilers.lcc already exists and is reasonably active, though
not nearly as active as comp.lang.c.  It's primarily focused on lcc,
the implementation on which lcc-win was based, but a great deal of
the discussion there concerns lcc-win (and it's perfectly topical).

[...]

I'd say that discussions of proposed changes to the C language
are topical either here or in comp.std.c (I might lean towards
the latter).

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc.
"We must do something.  This is something.  Therefore, we must do this."
    -- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"