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Official list of top C annoyances

Started byfir <profesor.fir@gmail.com>
First post2026-09-06 15:45 +0200
Last post2026-10-05 04:32 +0200
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  Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-06 15:45 +0200
    Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-06 15:52 +0200
    Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-06 16:52 +0100
      Re: Official list of top C annoyances Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-06 21:41 +0200
        Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-07 09:37 +0200
          Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-07 11:35 +0100
            Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-07 13:15 +0200
              Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-07 13:55 +0100
                Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-07 15:24 +0200
                Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-07 15:33 +0200
                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-07 16:34 +0100
                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-08 00:50 +0200
                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-08 00:35 +0100
                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances Lane W <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com> - 2026-09-07 17:43 -0600
                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-09-07 16:52 -0700
                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-09-09 15:24 +0800
                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-09 10:18 +0200
                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-09-09 20:16 +0800
                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-09 14:31 +0200
                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-09 14:37 +0200
                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-09-09 21:37 +0800
                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-18 09:38 +0200
                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-09-18 17:42 +0800
                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-08 03:11 +0200
                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-09-08 16:40 +0000
                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-08 20:08 +0100
                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-09 09:35 +0200
                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-09 10:18 +0200
                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-09 12:32 +0100
                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-09 14:30 +0200
                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-09 15:09 +0100
                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-09 16:58 +0200
                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-09 18:34 +0100
                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-09-09 18:37 +0000
                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-09 20:12 +0100
                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-09 22:11 +0200
                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-09-09 21:15 +0000
                                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-09 23:37 +0200
                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-09 21:39 +0200
                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-09 21:39 +0100
                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-10 09:07 +0200
                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-09-09 14:41 -0700
                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-09 23:31 +0100
                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-09-09 15:10 +0000
                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-08 09:25 +0200
                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-09 09:59 +0200
                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-09 10:35 +0200
                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-09 11:35 +0200
                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-09 14:43 +0200
                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 14:08 -0700
                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 14:14 -0700
                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-11 09:16 +0200
                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances Kaz Kylheku <046-301-5902@kylheku.com> - 2026-09-14 19:14 +0000
                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-09-18 08:29 -0700
                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-09-09 02:45 -0700
                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-09 15:07 +0200
                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances Lane W <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com> - 2026-09-09 07:14 -0600
                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-09 15:31 +0200
                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances Lane W <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com> - 2026-09-09 07:41 -0600
                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-09 15:58 +0200
                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances Lane W <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com> - 2026-09-09 08:05 -0600
                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-09 16:13 +0200
                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-09-09 16:29 -0700
                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances "Johann \"Myrkraverk\" Oskarsson" <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-09-18 10:23 +0800
                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-09 16:10 +0200
                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-09 16:19 +0200
                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-09 17:02 +0200
                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-09 15:11 +0100
                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances Lane W <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com> - 2026-09-09 08:25 -0600
                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-09 15:53 +0100
                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-09 17:42 +0200
                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-09 17:53 +0200
                                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-09 18:03 +0200
                                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-09 18:19 +0200
                                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-09 18:49 +0200
                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-09 19:16 +0200
                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-09-09 15:48 +0000
                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-09 18:38 +0100
                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-10 09:11 +0200
                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-09-09 15:04 +0000
                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-09 17:12 +0200
                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances "Johann \"Myrkraverk\" Oskarsson" <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-09-09 23:59 +0800
                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-09-09 15:30 -0700
                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-10 06:50 +0200
                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-09-09 15:13 -0700
                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.invalid> - 2026-09-09 15:16 +0100
                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-09-09 15:43 -0700
                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-10 07:16 +0200
                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2026-09-08 00:02 +0000
                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-08 12:47 +0100
                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2026-09-09 01:59 +0000
                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-09 10:26 +0200
                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-09 19:12 +0100
                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances tTh <tth@none.invalid> - 2026-09-09 21:01 +0200
                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-09 21:45 +0200
                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-09 21:18 +0100
                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-10 09:32 +0200
                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-09 23:26 +0200
                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-09 23:30 +0100
                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-10 08:45 +0200
                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-10 13:09 +0100
                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 14:37 +0200
                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 15:11 +0200
                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 15:16 +0200
                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 15:28 +0200
                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-10 14:33 +0100
                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 15:51 +0200
                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 16:03 +0200
                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-10 15:27 +0100
                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 16:45 +0200
                                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 16:59 +0200
                                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-10 16:57 +0100
                                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 18:18 +0200
                                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-11 01:04 +0200
                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 16:47 +0200
                                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 16:54 +0200
                                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 17:06 +0200
                                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 17:15 +0200
                                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-10 18:10 +0200
                                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 18:21 +0200
                                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-10 18:45 +0200
                                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 18:56 +0200
                                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 19:01 +0200
                                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 19:20 +0200
                                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 20:19 +0200
                                                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 20:25 +0200
                                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 19:17 +0200
                                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-11 09:21 +0200
                                                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-11 12:46 +0200
                                                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-11 14:13 +0200
                                                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.invalid> - 2026-09-11 13:41 +0100
                                                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-11 14:55 +0200
                                                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-11 15:01 +0200
                                                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-11 15:04 +0200
                                                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-11 15:08 +0200
                                                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-11 15:13 +0200
                                                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-11 15:17 +0200
                                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 21:02 +0200
                                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 21:59 +0200
                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 16:41 +0200
                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-10 09:48 +0200
                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-11 00:06 +0200
                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-10 23:48 +0100
                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 15:52 -0700
                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-11 00:48 +0100
                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 17:11 -0700
                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-12 08:01 +0200
                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-12 08:20 +0200
                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-12 09:09 +0200
                                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-12 12:35 +0200
                                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-12 12:40 +0200
                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-12 11:55 +0100
                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-12 14:37 +0200
                                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-12 14:49 +0200
                                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-12 15:00 +0200
                                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-12 14:24 +0100
                                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-12 15:44 +0200
                                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-12 15:53 +0200
                                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-12 16:05 +0200
                                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-12 16:16 +0200
                                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-12 17:20 +0200
                                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-12 17:08 +0100
                                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances Lane W <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com> - 2026-09-12 10:53 -0600
                                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-12 19:23 +0200
                                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-12 18:58 +0100
                                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-12 20:35 +0200
                                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-12 20:46 +0200
                                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-12 20:49 +0200
                                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-12 22:16 +0100
                                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances Lane W <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com> - 2026-09-12 15:40 -0600
                                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-13 10:15 +0200
                                                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-13 10:27 +0200
                                                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-13 10:39 +0200
                                                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-13 10:30 +0100
                                                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-13 11:47 +0200
                                                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-13 11:53 +0200
                                                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-13 11:26 +0100
                                                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-13 12:37 +0200
                                                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-13 12:47 +0200
                                                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-13 12:55 +0200
                                                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-13 13:11 +0200
                                                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances Lane W <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com> - 2026-09-13 05:29 -0600
                                                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-13 13:43 +0200
                                                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2026-09-13 14:00 -0700
                                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances Ike Naar <ike@sdf.org> - 2026-09-13 10:53 +0000
                                                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-13 13:46 +0100
                                                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-13 15:21 +0200
                                                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-13 15:31 +0100
                                                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-13 16:34 +0200
                                                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-13 16:58 +0200
                                                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-13 18:01 +0100
                                                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-13 21:14 +0200
                                                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-13 17:17 +0200
                                                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-13 17:23 +0200
                                                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-13 17:27 +0200
                                                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-09-13 17:06 -0700
                                                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-09-14 15:01 +0000
                                                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-14 18:11 +0200
                                                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances tTh <tth@none.invalid> - 2026-09-14 20:21 +0200
                                                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-14 22:54 +0200
                                                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-14 23:56 +0200
                                                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-15 09:07 +0200
                                                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-15 09:41 +0200
                                                                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-15 10:22 +0200
                                                                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-15 11:51 +0200
                                                                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-15 12:53 +0200
                                                                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-18 09:10 +0200
                                                                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-18 11:37 +0200
                                                                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-19 09:03 +0200
                                                                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-19 13:01 +0200
                                                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-10-05 01:57 +0000
                                                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-09-14 18:54 +0000
                                                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-14 22:55 +0200
                                                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-09-14 21:03 +0000
                                                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-15 00:33 +0200
                                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-13 10:50 +0200
                                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-13 12:32 +0200
                                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-12 20:15 +0200
                                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-12 19:34 +0200
                                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-12 19:39 +0200
                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-12 15:23 +0200
                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances Lane W <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com> - 2026-09-12 07:45 -0600
                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-11 00:37 +0100
                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2026-09-13 18:55 +0000
                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-14 01:44 +0100
                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2026-09-14 07:41 +0000
                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-14 14:01 +0100
                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-14 14:09 +0100
                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2026-09-15 02:42 +0000
                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-14 23:41 +0100
                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2026-09-15 01:48 +0000
                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-15 07:39 +0200
                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-15 11:28 +0100
                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2026-09-15 14:54 +0000
                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-15 21:56 +0100
                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-09-15 21:34 +0000
                                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-16 00:36 +0100
                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2026-09-16 02:21 +0000
                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-16 09:08 +0200
                                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-16 11:21 +0100
                                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-16 13:47 +0200
                                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-16 15:20 +0100
                                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-16 17:53 +0200
                                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-17 00:36 +0100
                                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-09-16 16:59 -0700
                                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-17 01:49 +0100
                                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-09-16 19:43 -0700
                                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances tTh <tth@none.invalid> - 2026-09-17 09:24 +0200
                                                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-17 11:29 +0100
                                                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-09-17 15:06 -0700
                                                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-18 02:04 +0100
                                                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-09-17 18:19 -0700
                                                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-18 11:27 +0200
                                                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-18 11:21 +0100
                                                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-18 13:17 +0200
                                                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-09-18 15:44 +0000
                                                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-19 09:16 +0200
                                                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-09-18 12:55 +0000
                                                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-09-18 17:53 +0300
                                                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-09-18 15:47 +0000
                                                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-09-19 21:22 +0300
                                                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-09-20 15:58 +0000
                                                                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-09-21 21:06 +0300
                                                                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-09-22 15:04 +0000
                                                                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-09-22 21:07 +0300
                                                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-09-18 15:41 +0000
                                                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-09-18 11:34 -0700
                                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-17 12:52 +0200
                                                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-17 13:15 +0100
                                                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-17 15:16 +0200
                                                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-17 15:25 +0100
                                                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-17 17:05 +0200
                                                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-17 16:46 +0100
                                                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-17 20:22 +0200
                                                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-17 20:19 +0100
                                                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances tTh <tth@none.invalid> - 2026-09-17 21:55 +0200
                                                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-09-17 23:47 +0000
                                                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances tTh <tth@none.invalid> - 2026-09-17 21:31 +0200
                                                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-17 20:54 +0100
                                                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-09-17 15:44 -0700
                                                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-09-17 23:48 +0000
                                                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances "Steven G. Kargl" <sgk@REMOVEtroutmask.apl.washington.edu> - 2026-09-18 00:04 +0000
                                                                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-18 01:34 +0100
                                                                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-09-17 17:50 -0700
                                                                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-09-18 17:45 +0300
                                                                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-09-18 15:28 +0000
                                                                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-09-18 18:34 +0300
                                                                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-18 18:08 +0200
                                                                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-09-18 11:26 -0700
                                                                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2026-09-18 20:39 +0000
                                                                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-19 13:10 +0200
                                                                                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-19 13:20 +0100
                                                                                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-19 17:30 +0200
                                                                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-19 09:38 +0200
                                                                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-09-19 21:00 +0300
                                                                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-20 10:17 +0200
                                                                                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-20 11:29 +0100
                                                                                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-20 12:52 +0100
                                                                                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2026-10-06 01:06 +0000
                                                                                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2026-09-20 15:58 -0700
                                                                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-09-20 15:55 +0000
                                                                                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-09-21 20:41 +0300
                                                                                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-09-22 01:53 +0800
                                                                                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-22 11:28 +0200
                                                                                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-22 11:34 +0100
                                                                                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-09-22 15:00 +0000
                                                                                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2026-09-22 14:22 +0000
                                                                                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2026-09-22 15:04 +0000
                                                                                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-09-22 16:38 +0000
                                                                                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-09-30 02:28 +0000
                                                                                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2026-10-06 01:29 +0000
                                                                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-09-19 22:01 +0300
                                                                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-09-18 20:28 +0000
                                                                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances "Steven G. Kargl" <sgk@REMOVEtroutmask.apl.washington.edu> - 2026-09-18 05:42 +0000
                                                                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-18 08:08 +0200
                                                                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-18 10:23 +0100
                                                                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-09-18 15:24 +0000
                                                                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-18 16:31 +0100
                                                                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-09-18 11:29 -0700
                                                                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-18 20:14 +0100
                                                                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-09-18 12:42 -0700
                                                                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> - 2026-09-19 13:39 +0000
                                                                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-19 16:24 +0100
                                                                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances "Steven G. Kargl" <sgk@REMOVEtroutmask.apl.washington.edu> - 2026-09-19 00:19 +0000
                                                                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-19 02:06 +0100
                                                                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-09-18 20:20 -0700
                                                                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances "Steven G. Kargl" <sgk@REMOVEtroutmask.apl.washington.edu> - 2026-09-19 03:26 +0000
                                                                                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-19 09:56 +0200
                                                                                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-19 11:08 +0100
                                                                                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances tTh <tth@none.invalid> - 2026-09-19 13:25 +0200
                                                                                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-19 10:45 +0100
                                                                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-09-19 15:09 +0000
                                                                                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-19 16:17 +0100
                                                                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-19 09:45 +0200
                                                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-18 13:11 +0200
                                                                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-18 14:03 +0100
                                                                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-18 17:24 +0200
                                                                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-09-18 11:06 -0700
                                                                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-18 20:07 +0100
                                                                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-09-18 12:26 -0700
                                                                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-18 22:57 +0100
                                                                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-19 17:27 +0200
                                                                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-19 20:09 +0100
                                                                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-20 12:31 +0200
                                                                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-20 12:42 +0100
                                                                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-20 15:08 +0200
                                                                                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-20 14:22 +0100
                                                                                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-20 14:54 +0100
                                                                                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-20 23:24 +0200
                                                                                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-09-21 15:06 +0000
                                                                                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-21 16:36 +0100
                                                                                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-21 17:45 +0200
                                                                                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-09-21 20:54 +0300
                                                                                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-09-22 15:02 +0000
                                                                                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-09-22 21:02 +0300
                                                                                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-20 15:58 +0200
                                                                                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-09-20 15:19 -0700
                                                                                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-20 23:49 +0100
                                                                                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-09-20 16:17 -0700
                                                                                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-09-20 15:49 +0000
                                                                                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-09-20 15:18 -0700
                                                                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-09-20 15:41 +0000
                                                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances tTh <tth@none.invalid> - 2026-09-17 21:53 +0200
                                                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-17 21:05 +0100
                                                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2026-09-17 14:38 +0000
                                                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-17 17:15 +0200
                                                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2026-09-17 16:33 +0000
                                                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-17 20:26 +0200
                                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2026-09-17 13:26 -0700
                                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2026-09-17 13:25 -0700
                                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-17 12:36 +0200
                                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-17 13:03 +0100
                                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-17 14:51 +0200
                                                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-17 14:32 +0100
                                                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-09-17 15:17 -0700
                                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-09-17 15:24 -0700
                                                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-18 09:06 +0200
                                                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-09-18 02:08 -0700
                                                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-18 11:01 +0100
                                                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-09-18 03:05 -0700
                                                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-18 11:13 +0100
                                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-09-16 17:33 +0000
                                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-16 19:19 +0100
                                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-09-16 18:34 +0000
                                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-16 20:21 +0100
                                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2026-09-16 13:16 +0000
                                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-16 15:26 +0100
                                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2026-09-16 15:58 +0000
                                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-16 19:13 +0100
                                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-09-16 18:30 +0000
                                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-16 20:30 +0100
                                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-16 21:16 +0100
                                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2026-09-17 02:56 +0000
                                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-09-30 02:32 +0000
                                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-09-29 19:58 -0700
                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-10-05 02:15 +0000
                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-09-29 03:22 +0000
                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-14 09:49 +0200
                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-14 11:27 +0100
                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-14 16:03 +0200
                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-14 16:15 +0200
                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-09-22 23:27 +0000
                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-23 01:01 +0100
                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-09-23 23:38 +0000
                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-24 02:00 +0100
                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-09-24 02:41 +0000
                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-09-23 20:23 -0700
                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-24 11:27 +0100
                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-09-24 23:54 +0000
                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-25 01:23 +0100
                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-09-25 03:47 +0000
                                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-25 11:38 +0100
                                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-09-26 02:49 +0000
                                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-26 11:44 +0100
                                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-26 14:03 +0100
                                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-09-28 00:05 +0000
                                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-09-29 00:56 +0000
                                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-29 14:27 +0100
                                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-09-30 02:02 +0000
                                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-30 11:18 +0100
                                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-09-30 13:37 +0000
                                                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-09-30 17:17 +0300
                                                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-09-30 14:39 +0000
                                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-09-30 22:39 +0000
                                                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2026-10-01 15:23 -0700
                                                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-10-02 02:38 +0000
                                                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-10-02 09:17 +0200
                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-09-25 12:17 +0300
                                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-25 11:31 +0100
                                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-09-26 02:34 +0000
                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2026-09-24 08:50 +0000
                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-24 11:31 +0200
                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-24 11:29 +0100
                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2026-09-25 21:09 +0000
                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-26 11:59 +0100
                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2026-09-29 04:06 +0000
                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-09-29 04:47 +0000
                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-29 23:49 +0100
                                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2026-09-30 12:19 +0000
                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-09 10:13 +0200
                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-09 10:38 +0200
                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-09 11:40 +0200
                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-09 12:05 +0200
                                Re: Official list of top C annoyances Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.invalid> - 2026-09-09 15:23 +0100
                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-09 23:07 +0200
                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-09-09 15:52 -0700
                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 01:00 +0200
                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances "Johann \"Myrkraverk\" Oskarsson" <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-09-18 10:17 +0800
                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-18 09:29 +0200
                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> - 2026-09-19 13:46 +0000
                                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-25 09:15 +0200
                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-10 06:16 +0200
                                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 14:38 +0200
                                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 18:35 +0200
                                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 18:36 +0200
                                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-10 10:11 +0200
                                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-11 00:48 +0200
                                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-09-29 03:18 +0000
                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-09-18 12:58 -0700
                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-09-22 23:21 +0000
                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2026-09-08 12:47 -0700
            Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-07 15:20 +0200
        Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-07 09:53 +0200
          Re: Official list of top C annoyances Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-07 23:59 +0200
            Re: Official list of top C annoyances Lane W <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com> - 2026-09-07 16:04 -0600
      Re: Official list of top C annoyances "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2026-09-07 04:06 -0700
    Re: Official list of top C annoyances Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-09-07 20:05 +0800
      Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-07 15:32 +0200
    Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-08 12:59 +0200
      Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-08 13:09 +0200
        Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-08 14:15 +0200
          Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-08 14:35 +0200
            Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-08 14:49 +0200
              Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-08 16:05 +0200
                Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-08 16:18 +0200
                Re: Official list of top C annoyances Lane W <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com> - 2026-09-08 09:45 -0600
                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-08 20:41 +0200
                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2026-09-08 12:39 -0700
                  Re: Official list of top C annoyances Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-09-08 15:55 -0700
                    Re: Official list of top C annoyances Lane W <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com> - 2026-09-08 18:02 -0600
                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-09-08 17:39 -0700
                        Re: Official list of top C annoyances Lane W <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com> - 2026-09-08 18:47 -0600
                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-09-08 18:19 -0700
                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances Lane W <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com> - 2026-09-08 19:24 -0600
                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-09-08 19:26 -0700
                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-09 03:25 +0200
                          Re: Official list of top C annoyances Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-09 09:13 +0200
                            Re: Official list of top C annoyances Lane W <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com> - 2026-09-09 07:38 -0600
                              Re: Official list of top C annoyances "Johann \"Myrkraverk\" Oskarsson" <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-09-09 22:16 +0800
                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-09 09:02 +0200
                      Re: Official list of top C annoyances Jan van den Broek <balglaas@dds.nl> - 2026-09-09 12:50 +0000
                  And then we reached C# (was Re: Official list of top C annoyances) Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-09-09 08:51 +0200
      Re: Official list of top C annoyances bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-09-08 14:54 +0100
        Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-08 16:10 +0200
    Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-25 14:22 +0200
    Re: Official list of top C annoyances fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-10-05 04:32 +0200

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#402307

Fromscott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal)
Date2026-09-20 15:55 +0000
Message-ID<GlTrS.40143$iUXd.10884@fx04.iad>
In reply to#402284
Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> writes:
>On Fri, 18 Sep 2026 18:08:38 +0200
>David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> wrote:

>> """
>> as is primarily intended to assemble the output of the GNU C compiler 
>> "gcc" for use by the linker "ld".  Nevertheless, we've tried to make
>> as assemble correctly everything that other assemblers for the same
>> machine would assemble.  Any exceptions are documented explicitly.
>> This doesn't mean as always uses the same syntax as another assembler
>> for the same architecture; for example, we know of several
>> incompatible versions of 680x0 assembly language syntax.
>> 
>
>I don't know when this paragraph was written.
>Today's gnu as is pretty reasonable tool for assembler develpment.
>Decent macro capabilities etc... Likely, not on par with
>macro-assemblers of IBM mainframes or of VAX/VMS, but rather similar in
>capabilities to Microsoft's Masm or with nasm.
>Certainly it is far more complete tool than what would be neeaded to
>process gcc output into objects.

While true, David's point stands.  By far and away, usage of as(1)
is most common in a compiler pipeline.  It is extremly rare
(other than for operating system processor initialization code
on Intel moving from real mode to long mode and for processor
exception and interrupt handling) for anyone to write
direct assembler code in modern software development environments.

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#402323

FromMichael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com>
Date2026-09-21 20:41 +0300
Message-ID<20260921204118.00005c30@yahoo.com>
In reply to#402307
On Sun, 20 Sep 2026 15:55:18 GMT
scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) wrote:

> Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> writes:
> >On Fri, 18 Sep 2026 18:08:38 +0200
> >David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> wrote:  
> 
> >> """
> >> as is primarily intended to assemble the output of the GNU C
> >> compiler "gcc" for use by the linker "ld".  Nevertheless, we've
> >> tried to make as assemble correctly everything that other
> >> assemblers for the same machine would assemble.  Any exceptions
> >> are documented explicitly. This doesn't mean as always uses the
> >> same syntax as another assembler for the same architecture; for
> >> example, we know of several incompatible versions of 680x0
> >> assembly language syntax. 
> >
> >I don't know when this paragraph was written.
> >Today's gnu as is pretty reasonable tool for assembler develpment.
> >Decent macro capabilities etc... Likely, not on par with
> >macro-assemblers of IBM mainframes or of VAX/VMS, but rather similar
> >in capabilities to Microsoft's Masm or with nasm.
> >Certainly it is far more complete tool than what would be neeaded to
> >process gcc output into objects.  
> 
> While true, David's point stands.  By far and away, usage of as(1)
> is most common in a compiler pipeline. 

Where adding " -" to 'as'  invocation string would be zero cost.
Also, my impression is that nowadays 'as' is rarely use via pipe.
Personally, I stopped using -pipe flag in gcc ~15 years ago.
YMMV.

> It is extremly rare
> (other than for operating system processor initialization code
> on Intel moving from real mode to long mode and for processor
> exception and interrupt handling) for anyone to write
> direct assembler code in modern software development environments.
> 

I did it rather regularly in last May to July.
Indeed, it was nor "a real work" but hobby project.

 

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#402324

FromJohann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid>
Date2026-09-22 01:53 +0800
Message-ID<nnd$12f31d84$6fdcd371@726cd1300fb9d43c>
In reply to#402323
On 9/22/2026 1:41 AM, Michael S wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Sep 2026 15:55:18 GMT
> scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) wrote:
> 
>> Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> writes:
>>> On Fri, 18 Sep 2026 18:08:38 +0200
>>> David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> wrote:
>>
>>>> """
>>>> as is primarily intended to assemble the output of the GNU C
>>>> compiler "gcc" for use by the linker "ld".  Nevertheless, we've
>>>> tried to make as assemble correctly everything that other
>>>> assemblers for the same machine would assemble.  Any exceptions
>>>> are documented explicitly. This doesn't mean as always uses the
>>>> same syntax as another assembler for the same architecture; for
>>>> example, we know of several incompatible versions of 680x0
>>>> assembly language syntax.
>>>
>>> I don't know when this paragraph was written.
>>> Today's gnu as is pretty reasonable tool for assembler develpment.
>>> Decent macro capabilities etc... Likely, not on par with
>>> macro-assemblers of IBM mainframes or of VAX/VMS, but rather similar
>>> in capabilities to Microsoft's Masm or with nasm.
>>> Certainly it is far more complete tool than what would be neeaded to
>>> process gcc output into objects.
>>
>> While true, David's point stands.  By far and away, usage of as(1)
>> is most common in a compiler pipeline.
> 
> Where adding " -" to 'as'  invocation string would be zero cost.
> Also, my impression is that nowadays 'as' is rarely use via pipe.
> Personally, I stopped using -pipe flag in gcc ~15 years ago.
> YMMV.
> 
>> It is extremly rare
>> (other than for operating system processor initialization code
>> on Intel moving from real mode to long mode and for processor
>> exception and interrupt handling) for anyone to write
>> direct assembler code in modern software development environments.
>>
> 
> I did it rather regularly in last May to July.
> Indeed, it was nor "a real work" but hobby project.
> 
>   

Not a project, but recently I submitted a pre-screening questionnaire
for a job [1] where I was expected to know RISC-V.  Fortunately, I was
able to use my knowledge of SPIM compatible cores [2], and answer cor-
rectly.

Point being, assembly programming should be considered /part of the
job/, even if said job never has any "direct assembly" done.  I can
write more about that in a different followup.


Best wishes, and happy assembly programming in comp.lang.c!

[1] Not a batch job, but a labor job.

[2] The trademark is irrelevant.
-- 
Johann | email: invalid -> com | http://www.myrkraverk.com/blog/
I'm not from the Internet, I just work there. | via XS News
https://bsky.app/profile/myrkraverk.bsky.social | for ( ;; ) _:;

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#402330

FromDavid Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no>
Date2026-09-22 11:28 +0200
Message-ID<118thn3$mjfv$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#402323
On 21/09/2026 19:41, Michael S wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Sep 2026 15:55:18 GMT
> scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) wrote:
> 
>> Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> writes:
>>> On Fri, 18 Sep 2026 18:08:38 +0200
>>> David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> wrote:
>>
>>>> """
>>>> as is primarily intended to assemble the output of the GNU C
>>>> compiler "gcc" for use by the linker "ld".  Nevertheless, we've
>>>> tried to make as assemble correctly everything that other
>>>> assemblers for the same machine would assemble.  Any exceptions
>>>> are documented explicitly. This doesn't mean as always uses the
>>>> same syntax as another assembler for the same architecture; for
>>>> example, we know of several incompatible versions of 680x0
>>>> assembly language syntax.
>>>
>>> I don't know when this paragraph was written.
>>> Today's gnu as is pretty reasonable tool for assembler develpment.
>>> Decent macro capabilities etc... Likely, not on par with
>>> macro-assemblers of IBM mainframes or of VAX/VMS, but rather similar
>>> in capabilities to Microsoft's Masm or with nasm.
>>> Certainly it is far more complete tool than what would be neeaded to
>>> process gcc output into objects.
>>
>> While true, David's point stands.  By far and away, usage of as(1)
>> is most common in a compiler pipeline.
> 
> Where adding " -" to 'as'  invocation string would be zero cost.

Changing things always has a non-zero cost, especially for 
long-established programs that are used by other programs or in scripts, 
makefiles, etc.  Requiring " - " to use stdin would have been zero cost 
when development "as" was started (or perhaps when development of older 
assemblers were started, before "as" copied their functionality).  But 
changing things later could break things for no appreciable gain.

> Also, my impression is that nowadays 'as' is rarely use via pipe.
> Personally, I stopped using -pipe flag in gcc ~15 years ago.
> YMMV.

Fair enough.  I don't have "-pipe" in current makefiles either.  I think 
it used to make a bit of difference to the speed, but on my current 
hardware / OS's / toolchain versions, there is no measurable difference.

> 
>> It is extremly rare
>> (other than for operating system processor initialization code
>> on Intel moving from real mode to long mode and for processor
>> exception and interrupt handling) for anyone to write
>> direct assembler code in modern software development environments.
>>
> 
> I did it rather regularly in last May to July.
> Indeed, it was nor "a real work" but hobby project.
> 

Sure, people /do/ use "as" directly for assembly code.  But in 
comparison to its use in connection with a compiler, it is "extremely 
rare".  You are just one of these rarities :-)

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#402331

Frombart <bc@freeuk.com>
Date2026-09-22 11:34 +0100
Message-ID<118tlk6$p644$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#402330
On 22/09/2026 10:28, David Brown wrote:
> On 21/09/2026 19:41, Michael S wrote:
>> On Sun, 20 Sep 2026 15:55:18 GMT
>> scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) wrote:
>>
>>> Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> writes:
>>>> On Fri, 18 Sep 2026 18:08:38 +0200
>>>> David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> """
>>>>> as is primarily intended to assemble the output of the GNU C
>>>>> compiler "gcc" for use by the linker "ld".  Nevertheless, we've
>>>>> tried to make as assemble correctly everything that other
>>>>> assemblers for the same machine would assemble.  Any exceptions
>>>>> are documented explicitly. This doesn't mean as always uses the
>>>>> same syntax as another assembler for the same architecture; for
>>>>> example, we know of several incompatible versions of 680x0
>>>>> assembly language syntax.
>>>>
>>>> I don't know when this paragraph was written.
>>>> Today's gnu as is pretty reasonable tool for assembler develpment.
>>>> Decent macro capabilities etc... Likely, not on par with
>>>> macro-assemblers of IBM mainframes or of VAX/VMS, but rather similar
>>>> in capabilities to Microsoft's Masm or with nasm.
>>>> Certainly it is far more complete tool than what would be neeaded to
>>>> process gcc output into objects.
>>>
>>> While true, David's point stands.  By far and away, usage of as(1)
>>> is most common in a compiler pipeline.
>>
>> Where adding " -" to 'as'  invocation string would be zero cost.
> 
> Changing things always has a non-zero cost, especially for long- 
> established programs that are used by other programs or in scripts, 
> makefiles, etc.  Requiring " - " to use stdin would have been zero cost 
> when development "as" was started (or perhaps when development of older 
> assemblers were started, before "as" copied their functionality).  But 
> changing things later could break things for no appreciable gain.

I believe the original 'as' was from 1971, and the GNU version fro 1986.

You'd think that "-" as an option could have been added at some point, 
and default stdin deprecated.

Or the GNU version could have been called 'gas' with the new behaviour, 
while still providing 'as'.

Modifying gcc's internal invocation string to either add "-" or to use 
'gas' instead would have been utterly trivial.


>> I did it rather regularly in last May to July.
>> Indeed, it was nor "a real work" but hobby project.
>>
> 
> Sure, people /do/ use "as" directly for assembly code.  But in 
> comparison to its use in connection with a compiler, it is "extremely 
> rare".  You are just one of these rarities :-)

Well, /I/ used it last year. I had reasons for not using it via gcc. One 
was to ensure my generated GAS could be assembled by a standalone 'as' 
product.

And presumably people use make use of its default stdin for piping:

   x > as > y
If this is uncommon, then there's even less point to the feature.

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#402335

Fromscott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal)
Date2026-09-22 15:00 +0000
Message-ID<3KwsS.87967$5X3.13390@fx12.iad>
In reply to#402331
bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
>On 22/09/2026 10:28, David Brown wrote:

>> 
>> Changing things always has a non-zero cost, especially for long- 
>> established programs that are used by other programs or in scripts, 
>> makefiles, etc.  Requiring " - " to use stdin would have been zero cost 
>> when development "as" was started (or perhaps when development of older 
>> assemblers were started, before "as" copied their functionality).  But 
>> changing things later could break things for no appreciable gain.
>
>I believe the original 'as' was from 1971, and the GNU version fro 1986.
>
>You'd think that "-" as an option could have been added at some point, 
>and default stdin deprecated.

Since you're the only person whom I have ever heard complain
about it, it is highly unlikely that anyone would have changed
it "at some point" just to make you happy.

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#402333

FromLew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca>
Date2026-09-22 14:22 +0000
Message-ID<118u2uc$tsif$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#402330
On Tue, 22 Sep 2026 11:28:03 +0200, David Brown wrote:

> On 21/09/2026 19:41, Michael S wrote:
>> On Sun, 20 Sep 2026 15:55:18 GMT
>> scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) wrote:
[snip]
>>> While true, David's point stands.  By far and away, usage of as(1)
>>> is most common in a compiler pipeline.
>> 
>> Where adding " -" to 'as'  invocation string would be zero cost.
> 
> Changing things always has a non-zero cost, especially for 
> long-established programs that are used by other programs or in scripts, 
> makefiles, etc.  Requiring " - " to use stdin would have been zero cost 
> when development "as" was started

Given the Unix origins of "as", I would ascribe a trivial, but non-zero
cost to the inclusion of an " - " flag.

as(1), as originally developed, would have had stdin already open and ready
for use at process startup. However, the parsing of a flag, even as trivial
as an " - " flag, costs some lines of code, and a few unnecessary CPU cycles
on each run. Trivial, yes, but not "zero cost".

[snip]

-- 
Lew Pitcher
"In Skills We Trust"
Not LLM output - I'm just like this.

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#402338

FromLew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca>
Date2026-09-22 15:04 +0000
Message-ID<118u5eh$tsif$2@dont-email.me>
In reply to#402333
On Tue, 22 Sep 2026 14:22:05 +0000, Lew Pitcher wrote:

> On Tue, 22 Sep 2026 11:28:03 +0200, David Brown wrote:
> 
>> On 21/09/2026 19:41, Michael S wrote:
>>> On Sun, 20 Sep 2026 15:55:18 GMT
>>> scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) wrote:
> [snip]
>>>> While true, David's point stands.  By far and away, usage of as(1)
>>>> is most common in a compiler pipeline.
>>> 
>>> Where adding " -" to 'as'  invocation string would be zero cost.
>> 
>> Changing things always has a non-zero cost, especially for 
>> long-established programs that are used by other programs or in scripts, 
>> makefiles, etc.  Requiring " - " to use stdin would have been zero cost 
>> when development "as" was started
> 
> Given the Unix origins of "as", I would ascribe a trivial, but non-zero
> cost to the inclusion of an " - " flag.
> 
> as(1), as originally developed, would have had stdin already open and ready
> for use at process startup.

OK, I'm going to correct myself here. as(1), as originally developed, appeared
in Unix before the advent of pipes, so the original would /not/ have stdin
already open and usable. I'm not fluent in PDP-7 or PDP-11 assembly language
(the language as(1) was coded in up until Unix Version 8), so I won't speculate
on /what/ the original as(1) did instead.

By Unix Version 8, as(1) had been recoded in C ("Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of
the University of California"), and allowed (perhaps inadvertantly) for a " - "
flag. I say "inadvertantly" because the code strips the leading dash off of
each argument before parsing it, as a argument compatibility step between itself
and the older versions
  "/*
   *	We can throw away single minus signs, so
   *	that make scripts for the PDP 11 assembler work
   *	on this assembler too
   */"

So, by the time V8 Unix appeared, as(1) accepted " - " as a no-op, and defaulted
input to stdin unless assembly source files were listed as unflagged arguments.

> However, the parsing of a flag, even as trivial
> as an " - " flag, costs some lines of code, and a few unnecessary CPU cycles
> on each run. Trivial, yes, but not "zero cost".
> 
> [snip]




-- 
Lew Pitcher
"In Skills We Trust"
Not LLM output - I'm just like this.

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#402341

Fromscott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal)
Date2026-09-22 16:38 +0000
Message-ID<oaysS.303891$7nI1.231433@fx02.iad>
In reply to#402338
Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> writes:
>On Tue, 22 Sep 2026 14:22:05 +0000, Lew Pitcher wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 22 Sep 2026 11:28:03 +0200, David Brown wrote:
>> 
>>> On 21/09/2026 19:41, Michael S wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 20 Sep 2026 15:55:18 GMT
>>>> scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) wrote:
>> [snip]
>>>>> While true, David's point stands.  By far and away, usage of as(1)
>>>>> is most common in a compiler pipeline.
>>>> 
>>>> Where adding " -" to 'as'  invocation string would be zero cost.
>>> 
>>> Changing things always has a non-zero cost, especially for 
>>> long-established programs that are used by other programs or in scripts, 
>>> makefiles, etc.  Requiring " - " to use stdin would have been zero cost 
>>> when development "as" was started
>> 
>> Given the Unix origins of "as", I would ascribe a trivial, but non-zero
>> cost to the inclusion of an " - " flag.
>> 
>> as(1), as originally developed, would have had stdin already open and ready
>> for use at process startup.
>
>OK, I'm going to correct myself here. as(1), as originally developed, appeared
>in Unix before the advent of pipes, so the original would /not/ have stdin
>already open and usable. I'm not fluent in PDP-7 or PDP-11 assembly language
>(the language as(1) was coded in up until Unix Version 8), so I won't speculate
>on /what/ the original as(1) did instead.

In Unix v1, as was a two pass program  (a1 and a2) which stored the intermediate
representation in disk files.

Here's the start code for the first pass [cmd/as19.s] (my annotation)

start:
        sys     intr; aexit
        mov     sp,r5           /* Points to ARGC */
        mov     (r5)+,r0        /* Load ARGC in R0, Update R5 to point to ARGV[0] */
        cmpb    *2(r5),$'-      /* If argument starts with '-' */
        bne     1f              /*    skip forward to label 1 if not */
        tst     (r5)+           /* Increment ARGV  by 1 */
        dec     r0              /* Decrement the argument count by 1 */
        br      2f
1:
        clr     unglob
2:
        movb    r0,nargs        /* save argument count */
        mov     r5,curarg       /* save pointer to argument */
        jsr     r5,fcreat; a.tmp1
        movb    r0,pof
        jsr     r5,fcreat; a.tmp2  /* Create two temporary files (a.tmp1, a.tmp2) (a.tmp3 is
created later) */
        movb    r0,fbfil
        jsr     pc,setup        /* Initialize symbol table, etc */
        mov     $1,r0           /* stdout file descriptor to pass to 'write' */
        sys     write; qi; 2    /* Write upper-case 'I' to stdout */
        jmp     go

Then it starts parsing the input treating the remaining arguments
as filenames and reading from each in turn.

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#402535

FromLawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Date2026-09-30 02:28 +0000
Message-ID<119hs42$3r0er$5@dont-email.me>
In reply to#402338
On Tue, 22 Sep 2026 15:04:50 -0000 (UTC), Lew Pitcher wrote:

> OK, I'm going to correct myself here. as(1), as originally
> developed, appeared in Unix before the advent of pipes, so the
> original would /not/ have stdin already open and usable. I'm not
> fluent in PDP-7 or PDP-11 assembly language (the language as(1) was
> coded in up until Unix Version 8), so I won't speculate on /what/
> the original as(1) did instead.

There is a project to resurrect the original PDP-7 “Unix v0” and get
it running again <https://github.com/DoctorWkt/pdp7-unix>.

Looking at the file as.s, I found this “init” routine:

    init: 0				" common init for both passes
       lac i 017777
       dac narg			" save arg count
       lac 017777
       tad d1
       dac fname			" point to first file name
       ...

That 0 word at the start is for holding the return address (Stack?
What stack?). Then a word is fetched from the address stored at the
location 017777 (octal, obviously; and “i” for “indirect”), and this
is argc. The next word after that is the first entry in argv (“d1” is
just a location containing the constant 1).

So the argv/argc mechanism is already in existence, even if without
pipes, so files must be explicitly opened.

There is some peculiarity with how filenames are managed: there seems
to be 4 words reserved before the start of each filename which has
some use by the “sys open” call.

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#402728

Fromantispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch)
Date2026-10-06 01:29 +0000
Message-ID<11a1iub$3u6ge$4@paganini.bofh.team>
In reply to#402307
Scott Lurndal <scott@slp53.sl.home> wrote:
> Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> writes:
>>On Fri, 18 Sep 2026 18:08:38 +0200
>>David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> wrote:
> 
>>> """
>>> as is primarily intended to assemble the output of the GNU C compiler 
>>> "gcc" for use by the linker "ld".  Nevertheless, we've tried to make
>>> as assemble correctly everything that other assemblers for the same
>>> machine would assemble.  Any exceptions are documented explicitly.
>>> This doesn't mean as always uses the same syntax as another assembler
>>> for the same architecture; for example, we know of several
>>> incompatible versions of 680x0 assembly language syntax.
>>> 
>>
>>I don't know when this paragraph was written.
>>Today's gnu as is pretty reasonable tool for assembler develpment.
>>Decent macro capabilities etc... Likely, not on par with
>>macro-assemblers of IBM mainframes or of VAX/VMS, but rather similar in
>>capabilities to Microsoft's Masm or with nasm.
>>Certainly it is far more complete tool than what would be neeaded to
>>process gcc output into objects.
> 
> While true, David's point stands.  By far and away, usage of as(1)
> is most common in a compiler pipeline.  It is extremly rare
> (other than for operating system processor initialization code
> on Intel moving from real mode to long mode and for processor
> exception and interrupt handling) for anyone to write
> direct assembler code in modern software development environments.

In my experience main need for assembly is in language runtimes
and in high performance computational kernels.  It is tiny
fraction of all code around, but significantly more than what
is needed for interrupt stubs (rest of handler can be in C) and
processor mode switching.  As an example, one language that I use
and maintain needs about 2800 lines of assembly per architecture.
This is down from about 6000 lines required in earlier versions.
Difference is partially from using macros to generate repeated
assembly sequences, partially (more) from delegation more of
runtime support to C.  However, more assembly could improve
performance, so this amount may grow again.  Comparably,
rest of language implementation, bundled libraries and tools
is between 0.5 and 1 MLOC.  So assembler code is small but
vital part.  And when porting code generators essentially need
assembly sequences which correspond to language constructs.
The rest of high-level code needs minor adjustment, so porting
is mostly at assembly level.

A few other systems have similar characteristics, so I do not
think that the above is an isolated example.

-- 
                              Waldek Hebisch

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#402286

FromMichael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com>
Date2026-09-19 22:01 +0300
Message-ID<20260919220132.0000185d@yahoo.com>
In reply to#402241
On Fri, 18 Sep 2026 18:08:38 +0200
David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> wrote:

> 
> 
> On the other hand, I have a number of times run a "grep" command and 
> wondered why it was taking so long - because I'd forgotten to give it 
> the files to search!  (That's my fault, not grep's.)
> 

I don't recollect that it ever happened to me.
I'd guess the reson is that it only happens when grep is given exactly 1
parameter, whch is less likely to happen by mistake than calling it
with no parameters.



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#402252

Fromscott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal)
Date2026-09-18 20:28 +0000
Message-ID<E9hrS.293115$7nI1.167498@fx02.iad>
In reply to#402237
Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> writes:
>On Fri, 18 Sep 2026 15:28:21 GMT
>scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) wrote:
>
>> Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> writes:
>> >On Thu, 17 Sep 2026 17:50:57 -0700
>> >Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >  
>> >> bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:  
>> >> > On 18/09/2026 01:04, Steven G. Kargl wrote:    
>> >> [...]  
>> >> >> Most people read (or at least skim) the documentation
>> >> >> that comes with the software they use.    
>> >> >
>> >> > Most people probably don't. They will try running such programs
>> >> > without input, as often that gives usage info.    
>> >> 
>> >> [...]
>> >> 
>> >> You've seen how that approach fails.
>> >> 
>> >> There are valid reasons for the way "as" behaves.   
>> >
>> >Well, if you consider compatibility with weird notion of "user
>> >interface" of its original creator as a valid reason, then yes.
>> >Even I accept it as valid.
>> >Which does not make it less bad in the absolute sense.
>> >Desire to give to user an option to accept an input from standard
>> >input by itself is not unreasonable, bit it should be an option
>> >rather than default.  
>> 
>> That's your opinion.  That's not the unix philosophy.  Many
>> unix commands default to stdin if no file name is specified
>> (specifically to support streaming the output of one command
>> to the input of another).
>
>There is big difference between utilities like grep or sort and
>something like as. Blindly treating them as the same is wrong.

Historically speaking, as(1) was part of the c compiler pipeline
accepting the output of the

cpp file.c | c0 | c1 | c2 | as > file.o


From v6 C c20.c:

        if (argc>1) {
                if ((fin = open(argv[1], 0)) < 0) {
                        printf("C2: can't find %s\n", argv[1]);
                        exit(1);
                }
        } else
                fin = dup(0);
        if (argc>2) {
                if ((fout = creat(argv[2], 0666)) < 0) {
                        fout = 1;
                        printf("C2: can't create %s\n", argv[2]);
                        exit(1);
                }
        } else
                fout = dup(1);

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#402205

From"Steven G. Kargl" <sgk@REMOVEtroutmask.apl.washington.edu>
Date2026-09-18 05:42 +0000
Message-ID<118ij09$vgev$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#402199
On Fri, 18 Sep 2026 01:34:12 +0100, bart wrote:

> On 18/09/2026 01:04, Steven G. Kargl wrote:
>> On Thu, 17 Sep 2026 20:54:35 +0100, bart wrote:
>>   
>>> Most command-line compilers give you version and help info when no
>>> parameters follow. But at least it says something; try this:
>>>
>>>     c:\c\as
>>>
>>> and it apparently hangs (it's waiting for you type an assembly program
>>> from the console!)
>>>
>> 
>> Most people read (or at least skim) the documentation
>> that comes with the software they use.
> 
> Most people probably don't.

Touche.  As a gfortran contributor, I'm well-aware of
the fact that users lack reading abilities.

> They will try running such programs without 
> input, as often that gives usage info.

Not on a Unix(-like) system.  Many tools will fall-back to accepting
stdin for input.  It's essentially how pipes on a command line
work.  May Microsoft doesn't know how to use pipes?

> 'as' is more peculiar than most assemblers:
> 
> * It takes input from stdin as default
> 
> * The output, even on Windows, is a file called a.out
> 
> * If given two or more input files, these are literally concatenated 
> into one ASM file. More typically there is one object file produced per file
> 
> 
>> % man as
> 
> 'man' doesn't exist on Windows.

Well, this is your problem.  Why are you using Window?  :-)
(and, no, linux is not the answer.)

If 'man' doesn't exist on windows, google 'GNU as manual'.
You might learn how to use the tool should work.

> Using 'as --help' gives lots of 
> complicated options that will mean little to some who has not used this 
> before and simply wants to turn file.s into file.o.
> 
> This is my assembler for example when I type its name:
> 
>    c:\c>aa
>    AA7 Assembler 29-Aug-2026
>    Usage:
>            aa filename[.asm]     # Assemble filename.asm to filename.exe
>            aa -help              # Show other options
> 
> Simple, yes?

I suppose it's simply if one doesn't want to enter
an assembly program at the command line.

% as
.text;
.p2align 4,0x90;
.globl sqrt;
.type sqrt,@function;
sqrt:;
.cfi_startproc
 fldl 4(%esp)
 fsqrt
 ret
.size sqrt, . - sqrt; .cfi_endproc

.section .note.GNU-stack,"",%progbits
% nm a.out
0000000000000000 T sqrt

or one can do

% cat z.s
.text;
.p2align 4,0x90;
.globl sqrt;
.type sqrt,@function;
sqrt:;
.cfi_startproc
 fldl 4(%esp)
 fsqrt
 ret
.size sqrt, . - sqrt; .cfi_endproc

.section .note.GNU-stack,"",%progbits

% cat z.s | as
%  nm a.out
0000000000000000 T sqrt

-- 
steve

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#402206

FromJanis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com>
Date2026-09-18 08:08 +0200
Message-ID<118ikgv$scqh$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#402205
On 2026-09-18 07:42, Steven G. Kargl wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Sep 2026 01:34:12 +0100, bart wrote:
> 
>> On 18/09/2026 01:04, Steven G. Kargl wrote:
>>> On Thu, 17 Sep 2026 20:54:35 +0100, bart wrote:
>>>    
>>>> Most command-line compilers give you version and help info when no
>>>> parameters follow. But at least it says something; try this:
>>>>
>>>>      c:\c\as
>>>>
>>>> and it apparently hangs (it's waiting for you type an assembly program
>>>> from the console!)
>>>>
>>>
>>> Most people read (or at least skim) the documentation
>>> that comes with the software they use.
>>
>> Most people probably don't.
> 
> Touche.  As a gfortran contributor, I'm well-aware of
> the fact that users lack reading abilities.
> 
>> They will try running such programs without
>> input, as often that gives usage info.
> 
> Not on a Unix(-like) system.  Many tools will fall-back to accepting
> stdin for input.  It's essentially how pipes on a command line
> work.  May Microsoft doesn't know how to use pipes?
> 
>> 'as' is more peculiar than most assemblers:
>>
>> * It takes input from stdin as default
>>
>> * The output, even on Windows, is a file called a.out
>>
>> * If given two or more input files, these are literally concatenated
>> into one ASM file. More typically there is one object file produced per file
>>
>>
>>> % man as
>>
>> 'man' doesn't exist on Windows.
> 
> Well, this is your problem.  Why are you using Window?  :-)
> (and, no, linux is not the answer.)
> 
> If 'man' doesn't exist on windows, google 'GNU as manual'.
> You might learn how to use the tool should work.
> 
>> Using 'as --help' gives lots of
>> complicated options that will mean little to some who has not used this
>> before and simply wants to turn file.s into file.o.
>>
>> This is my assembler for example when I type its name:
>>
>>     c:\c>aa
>>     AA7 Assembler 29-Aug-2026
>>     Usage:
>>             aa filename[.asm]     # Assemble filename.asm to filename.exe
>>             aa -help              # Show other options
>>
>> Simple, yes?
> 
> I suppose it's simply if one doesn't want to enter
> an assembly program at the command line.
> 
> % as
> .text;
> .p2align 4,0x90;
> .globl sqrt;
> .type sqrt,@function;
> sqrt:;
> .cfi_startproc
>   fldl 4(%esp)
>   fsqrt
>   ret
> .size sqrt, . - sqrt; .cfi_endproc
> 
> .section .note.GNU-stack,"",%progbits
> % nm a.out
> 0000000000000000 T sqrt
> 
> or one can do
> 
> % cat z.s
> .text;
> .p2align 4,0x90;
> .globl sqrt;
> .type sqrt,@function;
> sqrt:;
> .cfi_startproc
>   fldl 4(%esp)
>   fsqrt
>   ret
> .size sqrt, . - sqrt; .cfi_endproc
> 
> .section .note.GNU-stack,"",%progbits
> 
> % cat z.s | as
> %  nm a.out
> 0000000000000000 T sqrt
> 

Note that it's unlikely (and thus IMO a bad example) that assembly code
is entered on the command line.

Note also that your pipe example is not convincing since if the program
is already in a file ("z.s") you don't need a pipe.

(BTW, you also don't need 'cat' in your example since "as < z.s" would
suffice if you intend to use the standard input channel instead of a
file.)

I think a better explanation for 'as' accepting data from standard input
would be the cases where some higher level languages create assembly
data on standard output; as in  "c-comp | as"  or  "pas-comp | as" .

(But, probably most important for this thread; whatever we explain, the
one you've been replying to is mentally resistant to such explanation
as they don't fit his mental image and capabilities (or willingness) to
think beyond.)

Janis

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#402214

Frombart <bc@freeuk.com>
Date2026-09-18 10:23 +0100
Message-ID<118ivv4$14rfu$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#402205
On 18/09/2026 06:42, Steven G. Kargl wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Sep 2026 01:34:12 +0100, bart wrote:

>> This is my assembler for example when I type its name:
>>
>>     c:\c>aa
>>     AA7 Assembler 29-Aug-2026
>>     Usage:
>>             aa filename[.asm]     # Assemble filename.asm to filename.exe
>>             aa -help              # Show other options
>>
>> Simple, yes?
> 
> I suppose it's simply if one doesn't want to enter
> an assembly program at the command line.

Why do that when you can just use a text editor first? The chances are 
there will be errors and typos and then you just edit the file; how do 
you edit?

Do you routinely type C code that way?

And then, what happens to the source code of that program; is it just lost?

If 'as' accepts stdin input then it will be primarily to support piping 
where the asm source has been machine-generated.

Most command-line language tools that take in source will use text files 
as input.

> % as
> .text;
> .p2align 4,0x90;
> .globl sqrt;
> .type sqrt,@function;
> sqrt:;
> .cfi_startproc
>   fldl 4(%esp)
>   fsqrt
>   ret
> .size sqrt, . - sqrt; .cfi_endproc
> 
> .section .note.GNU-stack,"",%progbits

Here's my version (this is for x64 using XMM regs on Win64 ABI, with a 
'main' routine to call it):

   sqrt::
       sqrtsd xmm0, xmm0
       ret

   main::
       sub  rsp,  40

       mov  xmm0, [two]
       call sqrt

       mov  xmm1, xmm0
       movq rdx,  xmm0
       mov  rcx,  fmt
       call printf*

       add  rsp,  40
       ret

       isegment
   two:
       dq 2.0
   fmt:
       db "%f", 0

This is my assembler in action:

   c:\ax>aa -r test
   Assembling test.asm to test.(run)
   1.414214

The -r tells it to run the program immediately. Otherwise it generates 
an executable:

   c:\ax>aa test
   Assembling test.asm to test.exe
   c:\ax>test
   1.414214

Notice I only had to type two 'aa test'; I don't even need the 
extension. 'aa' is super-smart and knows it is an assembler!

With 'as', and with a version in GAS format, I'd need to do:

    as test.asm -o test.obj && gcc test.obj -o test

This produces a 53KB file (18KB if I add -s). The aa version is 2.5KB.

You can see that my versions, both assembly source and how it is 
invoked, are much cleaner and simpler. ('aa' does not need a linker.)

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#402233

Fromscott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal)
Date2026-09-18 15:24 +0000
Message-ID<5JcrS.84457$ZAne.37914@fx48.iad>
In reply to#402199
bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
>On 18/09/2026 01:04, Steven G. Kargl wrote:
>> On Thu, 17 Sep 2026 20:54:35 +0100, bart wrote:
>>   
>>> Most command-line compilers give you version and help info when no
>>> parameters follow. But at least it says something; try this:
>>>
>>>     c:\c\as
>>>
>>> and it apparently hangs (it's waiting for you type an assembly program
>>> from the console!)
>>>
>> 
>> Most people read (or at least skim) the documentation
>> that comes with the software they use.
>
>Most people probably don't. They will try running such programs without 
>input, as often that gives usage info.

Please try to speak for yourself.

Those familiar with unix would understand implicitly, as many
commands will read from stdin if no filename is specified.


>
>'man' doesn't exist on Windows. 

So, use a web browser.

https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/as.1.html

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#402236

Frombart <bc@freeuk.com>
Date2026-09-18 16:31 +0100
Message-ID<118jlgl$1dls4$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#402233
On 18/09/2026 16:24, Scott Lurndal wrote:
> bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
>> On 18/09/2026 01:04, Steven G. Kargl wrote:
>>> On Thu, 17 Sep 2026 20:54:35 +0100, bart wrote:
>>>    
>>>> Most command-line compilers give you version and help info when no
>>>> parameters follow. But at least it says something; try this:
>>>>
>>>>      c:\c\as
>>>>
>>>> and it apparently hangs (it's waiting for you type an assembly program
>>>> from the console!)
>>>>
>>>
>>> Most people read (or at least skim) the documentation
>>> that comes with the software they use.
>>
>> Most people probably don't. They will try running such programs without
>> input, as often that gives usage info.
> 
> Please try to speak for yourself.
> 
> Those familiar with unix would understand implicitly, as many
> commands will read from stdin if no filename is specified.
So how do they tell whether a program is hanging, or is waiting for input?

FFS would it hurt to print a message showing what is expected?

It is exasperating that people defend such poor UIs.

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#402245

FromKeith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
Date2026-09-18 11:29 -0700
Message-ID<118jvtr$1grii$3@kst.eternal-september.org>
In reply to#402236
bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
> On 18/09/2026 16:24, Scott Lurndal wrote:
[...]
>> Those familiar with unix would understand implicitly, as many
>> commands will read from stdin if no filename is specified.
> So how do they tell whether a program is hanging, or is waiting for input?

By typing Control-D.

> FFS would it hurt to print a message showing what is expected?

Yes, it would.  I won't offer an explanation because you would not care
about it or admit that you understand it.

> It is exasperating that people defend such poor UIs.

It is exasperating *to you* that people try to *explain* UIs that you
dislike.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */

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#402248

Frombart <bc@freeuk.com>
Date2026-09-18 20:14 +0100
Message-ID<118k2il$1jgd3$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#402245
On 18/09/2026 19:29, Keith Thompson wrote:
> bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
>> On 18/09/2026 16:24, Scott Lurndal wrote:
> [...]
>>> Those familiar with unix would understand implicitly, as many
>>> commands will read from stdin if no filename is specified.
>> So how do they tell whether a program is hanging, or is waiting for input?
> 
> By typing Control-D.

How would they know without a message?

But suppose they did that, what happens, the program stops? What if it 
was just busy; wouldn't Ctrl-D screw it up?


>> FFS would it hurt to print a message showing what is expected?
> 
> Yes, it would.  I won't offer an explanation because you would not care
> about it or admit that you understand it.

Try me.

(In my last post I showed an example of my C compiler taking input from 
stdin (requested, not as default!) and it displays a message. The world 
is still turning.

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