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| From | Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Topicality |
| Date | 2015-10-03 12:47 -0700 |
| Organization | None to speak of |
| Message-ID | <lnbncfzqc0.fsf@kst-u.example.com> (permalink) |
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Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
> On 03/10/2015 16:43, fir wrote:
>> W dniu sobota, 3 października 2015 17:02:57 UTC+2 użytkownik Tim Rentsch napisał:
>
>>> It seems like there has been a big change in newsgroup postings
>>> over, oh, maybe the last six to twelve months. I don't mean
>>> newsgroups in general, just comp.lang.c. The change I'm talking
>>> about is an increase in number, size, and proportion, of content,
>>> postings, and threads that have little or no relationship to the
>>> C language, which is ostensibly what comp.lang.c is for.
>
>> i got quite opposite complain, too much boring standards, not enough
>> real c coding of 'something' (and discussion on it)
>
> Why can't the group be for everyone? Including discussing Standards
> minutiae if that's what some people want (but I agree it isn't very
> interesting). You don't need to take part in those discussions.
>
> I come here as a diverting break from whatever else I might be doing,
> now that I seem to know too much C, for the purposes I use it for, to
> ask questions about it.
The group is still about C. Of course discussions about "real C coding"
are as topical as nitpicking discussions about Standards minutiae.
It's the articles about things that are not related to C at all that are
the problem.
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
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"
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Topicality Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-03 08:02 -0700
Re: Topicality fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 08:43 -0700
Re: Topicality Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-10-03 17:04 +0100
Re: Topicality fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 09:31 -0700
Re: Topicality fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 09:36 -0700
Re: Topicality "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 09:40 -0700
Re: Topicality fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 09:52 -0700
Re: Topicality "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 10:17 -0700
Re: Topicality fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 10:28 -0700
Re: Topicality fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 10:40 -0700
Re: Topicality "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 10:57 -0700
Re: Topicality Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-10-03 12:47 -0700
Re: Topicality glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-04 05:26 +0000
Re: Topicality fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-10-04 01:42 -0700
Re: Topicality Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-10-04 14:48 -0700
Re: Topicality Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-10-04 18:06 -0700
Re: Topicality glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-05 05:09 +0000
Re: Topicality Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-06 08:26 -0700
Re: Topicality Rosario19 <Ros@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-06 18:34 +0200
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