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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [OT] Generally... [Was: Automatic strings without malloc]
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Jeremy Brubaker <jbrubake@orionarts.invalid> writes:
> On 2021-11-17, Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Depending on the context, "generally" can mean either "usually" or
>> "always".  I've found that people generally interpret it in the most
>> inconvenient way possible.
>
> So, do you mean that people *usually* interpret it in the most 
> inconvenient way possible or that people *always* interpret it in the 
> most inconvenient way possible?

Yes.

> I find that generally people can be very imprecise with their language.

Yes.

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