Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Keith Thompson Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: What constitutes "standard" C? Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2015 15:49:56 -0800 Organization: None to speak of Lines: 19 Message-ID: <87pp8k4bbv.fsf@kst-u.example.com> References: <58082093-9db8-4795-a037-764012b7f76b@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="c77ff4d35e33d1c939d3461ebde8dd0d"; logging-data="16366"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18rkgXdAp71fnLXsz33tzBq" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:pk+Zy3Yn/kAFQ7eTIlXNqkEBToQ= sha1:QJXX8SzcCF0AITOwV+It2RZlSWg= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:57979 Lőrinczy Zsigmond writes: > On 2015.03.07. 8:41, Chad wrote: >> fork() doesn't because it's not mentioned in the various C standards. > > It's don't about fork as such, > it's about people who want to stop off-topic posts. > Sadly, they want to achieve that via _more_ off-topic posts. > So this is quote contra-productive. How do you suggest we react to off-topic posts? Ignoring them is an option, but I fear that doing so would just encourage more of them. (By convention, discussions of topicality are considered topical.) -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org 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"