Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Keith Thompson Newsgroups: comp.theory,comp.lang.c Subject: Re: My two specifications are equivalent HHH(DD)==0 is correct Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2025 12:56:53 -0700 Organization: None to speak of Lines: 26 Message-ID: <877bwqekca.fsf@example.invalid> References: <10cvt5r$1pcof$1@dont-email.me> <10d093b$1sgj8$1@dont-email.me> <10d09b1$1sjqs$1@dont-email.me> <10d0d5t$1tm7u$1@dont-email.me> <10d2cnd$2dbok$2@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2025 19:56:56 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="0eddaa134d0e96997fc210ee1061679c"; logging-data="2894366"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18wuHXv/Y53opZZ9TEPROFx" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cancel-Lock: sha1:0D9LBgqcY9627Ar8Ad9HBIbIShk= sha1:n2SrDcEFCxuTydE5XxPUfhG7dqA= Xref: csiph.com comp.theory:133027 comp.lang.c:394585 Tristan Wibberley writes: > On 18/10/2025 16:53, vallor wrote: >> You aren't posting about C. >> >> And I notice you crossposted this article (which has nothing to do with >> C) and didn't set the followup-to (as you claimed you were going to do). > > His reply was an honest enquiry about the proper use of comp.lang.c. > > How about you paste into your reply to him on comp.lang.c a copy of the > big-8 steering board's rules for comp.lang.c. [...] Are you under the impression that the board has specific rules for comp.lang.c? Some newsgroups have charters. comp.lang.c does not, since it was created before newsgroup charters were introduced. (I personally encourage everyone not to reply to olcott's posts in comp.lang.c. He's already taken over one newsgroup.) -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */