Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Keith Thompson Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: New and improved version of cdecl Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 18:48:33 -0700 Organization: None to speak of Lines: 47 Message-ID: <87sef2zde6.fsf@example.invalid> References: <87bjlyobts.fsf@example.invalid> <10dbvqs$12d0f$1@dont-email.me> <10dd0fj$1jbcv$1@dont-email.me> <87jz0l2pal.fsf@example.invalid> <10dei5s$28h93$1@dont-email.me> <8734792h4y.fsf@example.invalid> <10dfusd$2k0q4$1@dont-email.me> <10dgdc7$2of3m$1@dont-email.me> <10dghp5$2q30g$1@dont-email.me> <87h5vo1276.fsf@example.invalid> <10dgtvv$2tkdu$1@dont-email.me> <10dkesj$3r64j$1@dont-email.me> <10dl0g9$3venf$1@dont-email.me> <10dmk77$egg1$1@dont-email.me> <10dnprf$qmrg$1@dont-email.me> <10dnsm7$rjo7$1@dont-email.me> <10do23k$u17l$1@dont-email.me> <10dpa4q$1ghgu$1@dont-email.me> <10dq8lr$1tm90$1@dont-email.me> <87zf9azo0m.fsf@example.invalid> <10drip8$2gm7h$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2025 01:48:38 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="607e1aaa1a394f1f0db276ef68551901"; logging-data="2735340"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/R7BSecPQ2hSMxyBiZ/Fjz" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cancel-Lock: sha1:NqrPJGytN3x8LO3/rGXnEuMCEkE= sha1:efs3pXzlL4Bd3HSzpzWtO5rBfPY= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:394928 bart writes: > On 28/10/2025 21:59, Keith Thompson wrote: >> bart writes: >>> On 28/10/2025 02:35, Janis Papanagnou wrote: >>>> On 27.10.2025 16:11, bart wrote: >> [...] >>>>> If speed wasn't an issue then we'd all be using easy dynamic languages >>>> Huh? - Certainly not. >>> >>> *I* would! That's why I made my scripting languages as fast and >>> capable as possible, so they could be used for more tasks. >>> >>> However, if I dare to suggest that even one other person in the world >>> might also have the same desire, you'd say that I can't possibly know >>> that. >>> >>> And yet here you are: you say 'certainly not'. Obviously *you* know >>> everyone else's mindset! >> I'll give this one more try. >> This kind of thing makes it difficult to communicate with you. > > You're talking to the wrong guy. It's JP who's difficult to talk to. No, I'm talking to you. It turns out that was a mistake. My post was **only** about your apparent confusion about a single statement, quoted above. I wasn't talking about JP personally, or about any of his other interactions with you. I explained in great detail what I was referring to. You ignored it. You seem unwilling or unable to focus on one thing. > He (I assume) always dismisses every single one of my arguments out of hand: > > Build speed is never a problem - ever. The speed of any language > implemention is never a concern either. And here you are putting words in other people's mouths. I think you goal is to argue, not to do anything that might result in agreement or learning. [...] -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */