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Re: Can function pointers be compared for equality

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On 01/23/2012 10:48 PM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
> On 2012-01-24, Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> wrote:
>> pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> writes:
>>> Keith Thompson wrote:
>>>>  ~= 
>>>
>>> ITYM !=
>>
>> Yes, thanks.
>>
>> Your correction would have been even more helpful if you'd quoted some
>> context.
> 
> Kids, it should be obvious that the context is the C programming language which
> has no ~= operator.  The irony.

No, the context was not just the C programming language in general - if
it had, Keith's comment would not have been justified. The context was a
particular sentence in a particular paragraph in a particular message
posted by Keith. The correction didn't need to quote the entire message,
but it should at least have quoted that particular sentence.
-- 
James Kuyper

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Can function pointers be compared for equality "V.Subramanian, India" <subramanian100in@yahoo.com> - 2012-01-23 05:54 -0800
  Re: Can function pointers be compared for equality Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-01-23 07:00 -0800
    Re: Can function pointers be compared for equality blp@cs.stanford.edu (Ben Pfaff) - 2012-01-23 07:46 -0800
      Re: Can function pointers be compared for equality Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-01-23 20:06 +0000
        Re: Can function pointers be compared for equality ec429 <ec429@cam.ac.uk> - 2012-01-23 20:42 +0000
          Re: Can function pointers be compared for equality James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-01-23 16:04 -0500
            Re: Can function pointers be compared for equality Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-01-24 10:24 +1300
              Re: Can function pointers be compared for equality James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-01-23 16:48 -0500
              Re: Can function pointers be compared for equality Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-01-24 03:04 -0800
                Re: Can function pointers be compared for equality gwowen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2012-01-24 03:37 -0800
            Re: Can function pointers be compared for equality Kleuske <kleuske@nowhere.net> - 2012-01-23 21:39 +0000
            Re: Can function pointers be compared for equality gwowen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2012-01-24 03:31 -0800
              Re: Can function pointers be compared for equality ec429 <ec429@cam.ac.uk> - 2012-01-24 13:16 +0000
          Re: Can function pointers be compared for equality Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-01-23 22:11 +0000
            Re: Can function pointers be compared for equality Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-01-24 11:34 +1300
    Re: Can function pointers be compared for equality Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-01-23 16:37 +0000
    Re: Can function pointers be compared for equality Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-01-23 09:11 -0800
      Re: Can function pointers be compared for equality pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2012-01-23 20:06 -0500
        Re: Can function pointers be compared for equality Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-01-23 17:45 -0800
          Re: Can function pointers be compared for equality Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-01-24 03:48 +0000
            Re: Can function pointers be compared for equality James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-01-23 22:59 -0500
              Re: Can function pointers be compared for equality Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-01-24 04:22 +0000
                Re: Can function pointers be compared for equality Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-01-24 03:07 -0800
                Re: Can function pointers be compared for equality Kleuske <kleuske@nowhere.net> - 2012-01-24 11:16 +0000

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