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| From | James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Understandability |
| Date | 2015-05-18 15:00 -0400 |
| Organization | Self |
| Message-ID | <555A36DD.3040704@verizon.net> (permalink) |
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On 05/18/2015 01:54 PM, David Kleinecke wrote: > On Sunday, May 17, 2015 at 9:47:17 AM UTC-7, James Kuyper wrote: >> On 05/17/2015 12:16 PM, David Kleinecke wrote: >>> On Saturday, May 16, 2015 at 2:56:20 PM UTC-7, David Brown wrote: >>>> On 16/05/15 18:18, David Kleinecke wrote: ... >>>>> The practical effect of both kinds of pipes is the same. >>>>> >>>> >>>> No, they are totally different. >>> >>> There is not much I an say except I think you are wrong - especially >>> about the practical effect. >> >> OK - then how would you go about using informal pipes rather than formal >> pipes to achieve practically the same effect as: >> >> file * | grep text | cut -f1 -d: ... > I could, at least in theory, rewrite grep and the others in the form of > informal pipes ... Having to re-write code that isn't even mine to modify is NOT an example of a "practical effect" that is "the same". > ... and get the same result. But why bother when formal pipes > can be used. You shouldn't: because what you call "formal pipes" provides a "practical effect" which is NOT provided by what you call "informal pipes". It is therefore a counter-example to your claim that they have the same practical effect.
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Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-01 17:55 -0700
Re: Understandability Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-05-01 19:41 -0700
Re: Understandability wssimms@gmail.com - 2015-05-01 20:45 -0700
Re: Understandability Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-05-02 10:38 +0100
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-02 09:15 -0700
Re: Understandability David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-05-04 09:26 +0200
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-04 12:52 -0700
Re: Understandability Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2015-05-02 14:21 +0200
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-02 09:13 -0700
Re: Understandability Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-05-03 08:07 +1200
Re: Understandability Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-05-02 13:11 -0700
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-03 10:50 -0700
Re: Understandability Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-05-03 13:26 -0700
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-04 12:29 -0700
Re: Understandability Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-05-05 05:47 -0700
Re: Understandability raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-05-08 21:10 +0000
Re: Understandability Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-05-09 09:17 +1200
Re: Understandability Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-05-08 14:32 -0700
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-09 09:13 -0700
Re: Understandability Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-05-09 16:48 -0700
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-10 11:05 -0700
Re: Understandability David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-05-11 08:48 +0200
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-11 09:55 -0700
Re: Understandability James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-05-11 17:52 -0400
Re: Understandability glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-05-11 22:54 +0000
Re: Understandability David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-05-12 08:49 +0200
Re: Understandability Morris Dovey <mrdovey@iedu.com> - 2015-05-12 02:15 -0500
Re: Understandability Phil Carmody <pc+usenet@asdf.org> - 2015-05-25 03:15 +0300
Re: Understandability James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-05-25 00:45 -0400
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-25 10:26 -0700
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-11 10:06 -0700
Re: Understandability David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-05-12 08:59 +0200
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-12 08:37 -0700
Re: Understandability David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-05-13 08:53 +0200
Re: Understandability Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-05-13 08:16 -0700
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-13 09:49 -0700
Re: Understandability Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-05-13 10:53 -0700
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-14 10:35 -0700
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-13 09:31 -0700
Re: Understandability James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-05-13 13:10 -0400
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-14 10:27 -0700
Re: Understandability James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-05-14 22:51 -0400
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-15 10:02 -0700
Re: Understandability James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-05-15 13:37 -0400
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-16 09:18 -0700
Re: Understandability David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-05-16 23:56 +0200
Re: Understandability gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2015-05-17 12:45 +0000
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-17 09:16 -0700
Re: Understandability James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-05-17 12:47 -0400
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-18 10:54 -0700
Re: Understandability James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-05-18 15:00 -0400
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-19 09:49 -0700
Re: Understandability James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-05-19 13:10 -0400
Re: Understandability James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-05-16 19:01 -0400
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-17 09:30 -0700
Re: Understandability James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-05-17 12:58 -0400
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-18 10:54 -0700
Re: Understandability James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-05-18 14:56 -0400
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-19 09:46 -0700
Re: Understandability James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-05-19 13:16 -0400
Re: Understandability Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-05-19 18:23 +0100
Re: Understandability James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-05-19 14:02 -0400
Re: Understandability David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-05-19 00:11 +0200
Re: Understandability James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-05-18 18:28 -0400
Re: Understandability Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-05-15 10:52 -0700
Re: Understandability David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-05-13 21:53 +0200
Re: Understandability David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-05-09 16:18 +0200
Re: Understandability Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2015-05-09 18:31 +0200
Re: Understandability raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-05-17 10:44 +0000
Re: Understandability glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-05-17 15:53 +0000
Re: Understandability David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-05-04 09:15 +0200
Re: Understandability Waldek Hebisch <hebisch@math.uni.wroc.pl> - 2015-05-16 00:28 +0000
Re: Understandability Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-05-03 10:58 -0700
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