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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: absence of max
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 15:43:29 -0800
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jameskuyper@verizon.net writes:
> On Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at 5:28:07 PM UTC-5, Bart wrote:
[...]
>> (There are some 700 C topics on stackoverflow which use 'explicit
>> cast(s)' or 'implicit cast(s)'. Perhaps someone needs to get down
>> there
>
> "implicit cast" is a problem, since it's probably being used to refer
> to cases where there's no cast whatsoever, just a conversion occurring
> without a cast. It would be nice to get them to correct such misuse of
> the term, and if I were monitoring conversations there, I would do
> so. But I don't monitor stackoverflow, I do monitor this newsgroup.

Stack Overflow is not a discussion forum, it's a collection of questions
and answers (and comments).  I do correct people who use the term
"implicit cast" when I have the opportunity, but I don't go out of my
way to find and correct mistakes (it's a *big* site).

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
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