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Re: Trolling the standard thumpers

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Kaz Kylheku wrote:

> Conformance isn't a very useful concept except in the negative: a
> nonconformance can cause a problem to a user, requiring a workaround.
> It's something that can usually be reported as a bug. But assurances
> of conformance have limited value.
> 
Conformance is not of much use, at least in comp.lang.c. Even if the 
'code' conforms, there will be hundreds of naysayers based on a 
religious morality system. The 'code' will only be correct if you have 
dutifully hacked each of the naysayers companies to recover their 
Protocols and Standards for goodness and wholesomeness. For example, I 
heard there were some people who were doing gotos and some other guys 
setting negative pointers. Your code is only correct so far as each and 
every one of your competitors has no rule, including ones they make up 
on the spot, that contradict what your program is 'trying' to do.

Basically, try to code and God says no.

If you write something such as

const int CAT_MEDIUM = 12,

the guy Keith will tell you that the cat is SMALL, and 6.

If on the other hand, you had written,

const int CAT_SMALL = 6,

the guy Keith will tell you that the cat is LARGE, and 18.

Try to code, and God says no.

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Trolling the standard thumpers Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-08-15 05:05 +0800
  Re: Trolling the standard thumpers Kaz Kylheku <046-301-5902@kylheku.com> - 2026-09-10 20:06 +0000
    Re: Trolling the standard thumpers Lane W <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com> - 2026-09-10 14:14 -0600
      Re: Trolling the standard thumpers fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 22:33 +0200
        Re: Trolling the standard thumpers Lane W <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com> - 2026-09-10 15:03 -0600
          Re: Trolling the standard thumpers fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-11 13:49 +0200
            Re: Trolling the standard thumpers fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-11 13:55 +0200
      Re: Trolling the standard thumpers Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 14:25 -0700
        Re: Trolling the standard thumpers Lane W <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com> - 2026-09-10 15:33 -0600
      Re: Trolling the standard thumpers David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-09-11 09:37 +0200
        Re: Trolling the standard thumpers fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2026-09-11 14:00 +0200
        Re: Trolling the standard thumpers Lane W <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com> - 2026-09-11 07:18 -0600
    Re: Trolling the standard thumpers Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-09-18 08:22 -0700
  Re: Trolling the standard thumpers BGB <cr88192@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 15:56 -0500

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