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Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer

From Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer
Date 2023-01-05 14:07 -0800
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scs@eskimo.com (Steve Summit) writes:
> There may be one or two regulars left here who remember that,
> once upon a time, I was a regular here, too, and had taken it
> upon myself to maintain this newsgroup's FAQ list, now at
> http://c-faq.com/.
>
> But the last time I seriously updated the list was at the end of
> 2005, and for no particularly good reason, it has remained mostly
> static since then.  But! For no particular reason (other than
> that it's as good an idea as it's ever been), I am gearing up to
> give the poor old thing some much-needed TLC.  I have recovered
> the master sources (which were lost some years ago when Apple
> reformatted my laptop without asking me) from deep backups,
> I have confirmed that the thing still builds and matches what's
> currently posted, I have gotten an account at eternal-september.org
> so that I can actually post here again, and I am ready to announce
> the effort.  So if you've thought the list was looking a little
> long in the tooth, or if you've had any specific ideas for
> improvement, now's your chance.  Or, if you just want to offer
> some words of encouragement, those will be helpful, too!

Welcome back!  I'm looking forward to seeing (and helping with) any
updates.

[...]

> I'd like to thank Keith Thompson for gently nudging me into this
> revival after we crossed paths on Stack Overflow a little while
> back.

You're welcome.

[...]

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
Working, but not speaking, for XCOM Labs
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */

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greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer scs@eskimo.com (Steve Summit) - 2023-01-05 13:31 +0000
  Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2023-01-05 07:10 -0800
  Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2023-01-05 17:17 +0000
    Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer scs@eskimo.com (Steve Summit) - 2023-01-06 16:41 +0000
      Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2023-01-06 09:29 -0800
        Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-01-06 20:01 +0100
        Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2023-01-15 23:32 +0300
        Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer Rob <invalid@invalid.net> - 2023-01-15 22:00 +0000
          Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2023-01-15 15:03 -0800
            Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2023-01-16 09:32 +0000
              Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2023-01-16 12:25 +0000
                Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer Jan van den Broek <balglaas@dds.nl> - 2023-01-16 13:51 +0000
                Whoooooosh!  (Was: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2023-01-16 14:09 +0000
      Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2023-01-06 17:32 +0000
  Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-01-05 19:55 +0100
  Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer scs@eskimo.com (Steve Summit) - 2023-01-05 20:28 +0000
  Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2023-01-05 14:07 -0800
  Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer om@iki.fi (Otto J. Makela) - 2023-01-06 16:34 +0200
  Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2023-01-08 05:21 -0800
    Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2023-01-08 12:58 -0800
  Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer Anand Hariharan <mailto.anand.hariharan@gmail.com> - 2023-01-09 04:51 -0800
    Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2023-01-09 06:03 -0800

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