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Re: A doubt about infinite loop

From Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com>
Subject Re: A doubt about infinite loop
Date 2011-09-27 19:10 +0100
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Newsgroups comp.lang.c
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On Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:05:29 +0300, Phil Carmody wrote:

>> Given that his query was perfectly intelligible, quibbling about the
>> difference between his dialect and yours seems petty.
> 
> But warning the OP that the terminology he's using is far from 
> universal and likely to be misunderstood by many is helpful. 

It may be far from universal, but it's quite unlikely to be misunderstood.
I've been seeing that usage for as long as I've been on usenet, and I've
never had any doubt as to the meaning, nor have I seen anyone else who
genuinely didn't understand it (as opposed to people who simply don't like
to be reminded that their dialect isn't actually universal).

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A doubt about infinite loop Anshum Kocher <email.anshum@gmail.com> - 2011-09-25 06:32 -0700
  Re: A doubt about infinite loop Harald van Dijk <truedfx@gmail.com> - 2011-09-25 07:32 -0700
  Re: A doubt about infinite loop jt@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) - 2011-09-25 14:39 +0000
  Re: A doubt about infinite loop Kleuskes & Moos <kleuske@somewhere.else.net> - 2011-09-25 15:03 +0000
  Re: A doubt about infinite loop Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-09-26 22:59 +0000
    Re: A doubt about infinite loop Mark Bluemel <mark_bluemel@pobox.com> - 2011-09-27 08:40 +0100
      Re: A doubt about infinite loop gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2011-09-27 10:35 +0000
      Re: A doubt about infinite loop Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-09-27 14:05 +0300
        Re: A doubt about infinite loop gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2011-09-27 12:35 +0000
        Re: A doubt about infinite loop Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-09-27 19:10 +0100
          Re: A doubt about infinite loop Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-09-27 22:37 +0000
      Re: A doubt about infinite loop Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-09-27 22:37 +0000

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