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Re: callback function

From blmblm@myrealbox.com <blmblm.myrealbox@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: callback function
Date 2012-10-26 12:48 +0000
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Message-ID <aevf55FaofhU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References <k5n77p$e5v$1@speranza.aioe.org> <k5pv1a$t1v$1@speranza.aioe.org> <aesgvlFk659U1@mid.individual.net> <HtidnZHdJcz28RTNnZ2dnUVZ_jydnZ2d@bestweb.net>

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In article <HtidnZHdJcz28RTNnZ2dnUVZ_jydnZ2d@bestweb.net>,
Kenneth Brody  <kenbrody@spamcop.net> wrote:
> On 10/25/2012 6:01 AM, blmblm@myrealbox.com wrote:
> [...]
> > Aside, not just to you:  I'm always amused by claims that code "works
> > perfectly".  "Works for all the tests I tried", okay, but -- oh well,
> > I suppose I'm just a pessimist?  It does seem like only relatively
> > inexperienced programmers make such claims.
> 
> Well, I have no problem believing the "works for all tests I tried" claims. 

Except the beginners don't seem to say it that way, do they?  they say 
something works "perfectly" or "flawlessly".  Cynic that I am, I'm
inclined to agree with your comment:

>   I just don't believe that their test suite was very extensive.
>
> "No, I never tried entering 'antidisestablishmentarianism'.  Why do you ask?"
> 
> "No, I never tried entering 12345678901234567890.  Why do you ask?"
> 
> "No, I never tried passing a negative number.  Why do you ask?"
> 

Indeed.

-- 
B. L. Massingill
ObDisclaimer:  I don't speak for my employers; they return the favor.

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callback function "Bill Cunningham" <billcun@suddenlink.net> - 2012-10-17 17:16 -0400
  Re: callback function John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2012-10-17 21:36 +0000
    Re: callback function "Bill Cunningham" <billcun@suddenlink.net> - 2012-10-17 17:44 -0400
      Re: callback function John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2012-10-17 21:51 +0000
        Re: callback function Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-10-18 00:11 +0100
        Re: callback function "Bill Cunningham" <billcun@suddenlink.net> - 2012-10-18 18:37 -0400
          Re: callback function Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-10-19 01:16 +0100
          Re: callback function Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-10-20 06:48 -0700
    Re: callback function Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-10-18 10:45 +1300
      Re: callback function pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2012-10-19 14:49 -0400
        Re: callback function "Bill Cunningham" <billcun@suddenlink.net> - 2012-10-19 16:59 -0400
        Re: callback function "Bill Cunningham" <billcun@suddenlink.net> - 2012-10-19 17:04 -0400
          Re: callback function Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2012-10-19 14:14 -0700
            Re: callback function "Bill Cunningham" <billcun@suddenlink.net> - 2012-10-19 17:31 -0400
              Re: callback function Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-10-19 14:54 -0700
                Re: callback function "Bill Cunningham" <billcun@suddenlink.net> - 2012-10-19 18:42 -0400
    Re: callback function James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-10-17 17:47 -0400
    Re: callback function tom st denis <tom@iahu.ca> - 2012-10-19 04:44 -0700
      Re: callback function James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-10-19 08:24 -0400
  Re: callback function Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2012-10-17 14:39 -0700
    Re: callback function "Bill Cunningham" <billcun@suddenlink.net> - 2012-10-17 17:50 -0400
      Re: callback function Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-10-18 11:00 +1300
        Re: callback function "Bill Cunningham" <billcun@suddenlink.net> - 2012-10-18 18:20 -0400
        Re: callback function "Bill Cunningham" <billcun@suddenlink.net> - 2012-10-18 18:24 -0400
          Re: callback function Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2012-10-18 22:30 -0700
          Re: callback function Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-10-20 11:58 +1300
            Re: callback function "Bill Cunningham" <billcun@suddenlink.net> - 2012-10-19 19:27 -0400
              Re: callback function "Bill Cunningham" <billcun@suddenlink.net> - 2012-10-19 19:43 -0400
                Re: callback function Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2012-10-19 21:09 -0700
          Re: callback function Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-10-20 06:53 -0700
      Re: callback function "Bill Cunningham" <billcun@suddenlink.net> - 2012-10-17 19:25 -0400
        Re: callback function Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-10-18 13:34 +1300
          Re: callback function "Bill Cunningham" <billcun@suddenlink.net> - 2012-10-17 20:41 -0400
            Re: callback function Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-10-18 14:37 +1300
              Re: callback function "Bill Cunningham" <billcun@suddenlink.net> - 2012-10-18 18:17 -0400
                Re: callback function Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-10-20 11:54 +1300
              Re: callback function "Bill Cunningham" <billcun@suddenlink.net> - 2012-10-18 18:54 -0400
                Re: callback function Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-10-19 01:23 +0100
                Re: callback function "Bill Cunningham" <billcun@suddenlink.net> - 2012-10-18 20:32 -0400
                Re: callback function Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-10-19 02:43 +0100
                Re: callback function "Bill Cunningham" <billcun@suddenlink.net> - 2012-10-19 16:56 -0400
                Re: callback function Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-10-19 22:10 +0100
                Re: callback function Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2012-10-18 22:30 -0700
                Re: callback function Kenneth Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2012-10-19 12:37 -0400
                Re: callback function "Bill Cunningham" <billcun@suddenlink.net> - 2012-10-19 16:52 -0400
    Re: callback function "Bill Cunningham" <billcun@suddenlink.net> - 2012-10-19 18:44 -0400
      Re: callback function Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2012-10-19 21:09 -0700
        Re: callback function "Bill Cunningham" <billcun@suddenlink.net> - 2012-10-20 15:01 -0400
          Re: callback function Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-10-20 12:47 -0700
          Re: callback function Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2012-10-20 14:51 -0500
          Re: callback function Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2012-10-20 14:39 -0700
            Re: callback function "Bill Cunningham" <billcun@suddenlink.net> - 2012-10-20 19:06 -0400
              Re: callback function Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2012-10-20 22:22 -0700
                Re: callback function "Bill Cunningham" <billcun@suddenlink.net> - 2012-10-21 14:35 -0400
                Re: callback function Kenneth Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2012-10-22 10:58 -0400
              Re: callback function Bill Cunningham <billcun@suddenlink.net> - 2012-10-24 17:28 -0700
          Re: callback function Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-10-21 11:32 +1300
            Re: callback function Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-10-20 15:51 -0700
      Re: callback function Robert Miles <milesrf@Usenet-News.net> - 2012-11-25 22:39 -0600
  Re: callback function Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-10-17 17:51 -0700
    Re: callback function Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-10-18 20:34 +0300
    Re: callback function "Bill Cunningham" <billcun@suddenlink.net> - 2012-10-18 18:15 -0400
      Re: callback function "Bill Cunningham" <billcun@suddenlink.net> - 2012-10-18 18:27 -0400
      Re: callback function Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-10-18 15:47 -0700
        Re: callback function "Bill Cunningham" <billcun@suddenlink.net> - 2012-10-18 18:52 -0400
      Re: callback function blmblm@myrealbox.com <blmblm.myrealbox@gmail.com> - 2012-10-25 10:01 +0000
        Re: callback function Kenneth Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2012-10-25 12:44 -0400
          Re: callback function blmblm@myrealbox.com <blmblm.myrealbox@gmail.com> - 2012-10-26 12:48 +0000
  Re: callback function Robert Miles <milesrf@Usenet-News.net> - 2012-11-25 22:13 -0600
    Re: callback function Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-11-26 03:42 -0800
    Re: callback function James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-11-26 06:59 -0500
    Re: callback function Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-11-26 23:03 -0800

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