Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript,comp.lang.c Subject: Re: "i = i|0" Followup-To: comp.lang.javascript Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 17:13:14 +0200 Organization: PointedEars Software (PES) Lines: 58 Message-ID: <1894582.2ZI1QNF3Jn@PointedEars.de> References: <44f393c9-8b85-4da8-8618-6b11dd3954b2@googlegroups.com> <5398CC30.9020706@verizon.net> <2078529.Slc7CH7YZo@PointedEars.de> <2122350.lP4zVSTnZj@PointedEars.de> Reply-To: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Trace: solani.org 1402585999 14597 eJwNyskBwCAMA7CVcIhNOk6Osv8Ird7iFtTHRTkvrwRv2xmrx6I0WZmDWMOGW/Ff8bzmozoIfBzvEPI= (12 Jun 2014 15:13:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@news.solani.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 15:13:19 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: KNode/4.12.4 X-User-ID: eJwFwQkBACAIBLBKh/LGAYT+EdzkKmkbqyjLymZGYzkX5wo7TdLzqkOY6KdheZNr0mFN8PFa1gOBxZKpfWM6FVc= Face: 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 X-Face: %i>XG-yXR'\"2P/C_aO%~;2o~?g0pPKmbOw^=NT`tprDEf++D.m7"}HW6.#=U:?2GGctkL,f89@H46O$ASoW&?s}.k+&. On 06/12/2014 08:45 AM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: >> [F'up2 comp.lang.javascript] > > Noted, and ignored. Explanation in last paragraph. Noted, and rejected. We are _not_ discussing C anymore. >> James Kuyper wrote in comp.lang.c: > ... >>> The [0] seems to be intended as a cross-reference, but I couldn't locate >>> it. >> >> It was in my signature; the URI still is. > > I've found it, but I don't think it was reasonable to have expected > someone to be able to find it there, without more of a clue about where > to look. I routinely ignore signatures, I suspect that this is > commonplace. My newsreader, like many, displays signatures in ways > designed to avoid drawing attention to them. Specifically, it displays > them in light grey text on a white background. Noted. > The corresponding link brings up a blank screen on my system, Thanks for pointing it out. Apparently for some reason I have exhausted the available memory (a migration to a new server was planned, this could be the reason). Try again later or use a Web cache. The Matrix has been online for some time now. > so I'm still not sure what the cross-reference was intended to convey. There is no programming language called ”javascript”, and from that everything else follows. STFW. > From your comments earlier, I assume it's something about the case. It is not just about the case, and I wonder which of my comments could have mislead you to that assumption. > Is Javascript better? No. > Or should it be JavaScript? Only if an ECMAScript implementation of that name is meant. Since there are now several such ones that differ considerably (I count three major ones; the fourth name is just marketing), I would prefix them with the vendor name or engine codename to avoid the ambiguity. -- PointedEars FAQ: | SVN: Twitter: @PointedEars2 | ES Matrix: Please do not Cc: me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail.