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Re: Trolling the standard thumpers

From	Lane W <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: Trolling the standard thumpers
Date	2026-09-10 15:03 -0600
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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fir wrote:
> Lane W pisze:
>> 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.
>>
> 
> which god? *Crom* always says *Yes* ;c
> 
> (well maybe i simplify, Crom i see as a god of fighting in
> finding language solutions, but im not sure if i can say he always says 
> yes.. i could say hovever that hee sees when you (me) doin good
> and see when im doin bad.. i just wanted to mention him
> 
> (fir)

I can see you are trying to get under Janis' skin. He hates Crom because 
Crom is also the god of barbarians, yet Janis typically cosplays a 
Valkyrie or female Knight, both of whom worship entirely different 
gods/goddesses.

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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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