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| Message-ID | <4FC29D4A.DDC@mindspring.com> (permalink) |
|---|---|
| Date | 2012-05-27 17:31 -0400 |
| From | pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> |
| Organization | PF |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Open letter to Ian Collins |
| References | (4 earlier) <jpsr5k$utq$1@speranza.aioe.org> <a2ea1oF7faU4@mid.individual.net> <lny5odisrc.fsf@nuthaus.mib.org> <4FC26A8F.5DEB@mindspring.com> <jpu2h5$16r$1@speranza.aioe.org> |
jacob navia wrote:
>
> Le 27/05/12 19:55, pete a écrit :
> > I think there's about a zillion combinations of (a) and (b),
> > where (a - b) has problems.
>
> Sure.
>
> You want to say then that it is not a good idea in C to write
>
> a - b
>
> ??
What I want to say, is that what you wrote:
"With the generic qsort function
you would directly compare the data
(without function calls) by specifying a macro
for comparing your data.
For integers it would be simply
a - b"
doesn't correspond to any notion
of what "generic qsort function" could possibly mean.
--
pete
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Open letter to Ian Collins jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2012-05-27 00:22 +0200
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins Ike Naar <ike@sverige.freeshell.org> - 2012-05-26 22:36 +0000
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2012-05-27 01:13 +0200
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2012-05-26 16:53 -0700
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-05-26 16:41 -0700
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2012-05-26 22:43 -0400
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-05-26 15:41 -0700
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2012-05-27 01:14 +0200
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins MelissA <melis@a.com> - 2012-05-27 00:52 +0200
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2012-05-26 20:40 -0500
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2012-05-27 09:32 +0200
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2012-05-27 07:18 -0400
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-05-27 14:24 +1200
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-05-27 10:36 +0100
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-05-27 22:33 +1200
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-05-27 12:25 +0100
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-05-28 07:17 +1200
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins Ike Naar <ike@sverige.freeshell.org> - 2012-05-27 13:03 +0000
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-05-27 15:16 +1200
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2012-05-27 09:30 +0200
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-05-27 20:56 +1200
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2012-05-27 11:12 +0200
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-05-27 21:22 +1200
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2012-05-27 07:15 -0400
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-05-27 07:49 -0700
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2012-05-27 13:55 -0400
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2012-05-27 22:24 +0200
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-05-27 22:09 +0100
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-05-27 14:33 -0700
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2012-05-27 17:49 -0400
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2012-05-27 17:31 -0400
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins Philip Lantz <prl@canterey.us> - 2012-05-28 01:38 -0700
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2012-05-28 08:18 -0400
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-05-27 15:46 +0100
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Re: Open letter to Ian Collins pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2012-06-13 21:52 -0400
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2012-06-14 04:00 +0200
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2012-06-14 00:04 -0400
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2012-05-27 09:42 +0200
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2012-05-28 12:39 +0200
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2012-05-28 21:44 +0200
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2012-05-29 09:46 +0200
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2012-05-29 10:06 +0200
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2012-05-29 10:37 +0200
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2012-05-29 10:58 +0200
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins "Joachim Schmitz" <nospam.jojo@schmitz-digital.de> - 2012-05-29 11:34 +0200
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-05-29 03:02 -0700
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2012-05-29 09:59 +0200
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2012-05-29 20:09 +0200
Re: Open letter to Ian Collins "Sarah Wren" <swreb@ameritech.net> - 2012-05-29 01:40 -0600
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