Re: Variable naming issue

From	Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: Variable naming issue
Date	2017-05-05 03:06 -0700
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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supercat@casperkitty.com writes:

> On Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at 7:25:11 AM UTC-5, Tim Rentsch wrote:
>> The principal point of having a standardized language is to be
>> able to write programs that will run in all target environments.
>
> That will run in all target environments *of interest*.

That's already included in the "target environment" phrase.  What
makes an environment be a target is that it is of interest.

>> That essentially requires making use of only those elements that
>> are in the common subset (ie, the largest common subset, not the
>> smallest common subset - the phrase "lowest common denominator"
>> is a misnomer).
>
> The phrase "to cater to the lowest common denominator" is a common idiom
> in American English;  the phrase "greatest common factor" would probably be
> more appropriate mathematically, but doesn't match the idiomatic usage.

You really just enjoy being an annoying prick don't you.

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Variable naming issue maximus fl <ajones2600@gmail.com> - 2017-04-24 16:17 -0700
  Re: Variable naming issue David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2017-04-24 16:28 -0700
  Re: Variable naming issue bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-04-25 01:09 +0100
    Re: Variable naming issue Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2017-04-25 09:37 +0200
      Re: Variable naming issue bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-04-25 10:40 +0100
        Re: Variable naming issue David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-04-25 13:07 +0200
          Re: Variable naming issue bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-04-25 13:24 +0100
            Re: Variable naming issue bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-04-25 13:27 +0100
            Re: Variable naming issue Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-04-25 13:59 +0100
              Re: Variable naming issue bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-04-25 14:20 +0100
                Re: Variable naming issue Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-04-25 14:27 +0100
                Re: Variable naming issue Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-04-25 11:52 -0700
                Re: Variable naming issue Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2017-04-25 13:40 -0700
                Re: Variable naming issue bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-04-25 22:14 +0100
                Re: Variable naming issue David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-04-26 00:16 +0200
                Re: Variable naming issue bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-04-26 00:13 +0100
                Re: Variable naming issue David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-04-26 10:10 +0200
                Re: Variable naming issue supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-04-25 14:33 -0700
                Re: Variable naming issue Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2017-04-25 06:39 -0700
                Re: Variable naming issue Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2017-04-25 09:35 -0500
              Re: Variable naming issue Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2017-04-25 18:39 +0100
                Re: Variable naming issue bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-04-25 18:49 +0100
                Re: Variable naming issue David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2017-04-25 11:19 -0700
                Re: Variable naming issue bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-04-25 19:31 +0100
                Re: Variable naming issue Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-04-25 23:36 +0100
                Re: Variable naming issue David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2017-04-25 17:04 -0700
                Re: Variable naming issue Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2017-04-26 00:32 -0500
            Re: Variable naming issue David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-04-25 16:02 +0200
            Re: Variable naming issue Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2017-05-02 05:25 -0700
              Re: Variable naming issue supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-05-02 10:04 -0700
                Re: Variable naming issue Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2017-05-05 03:06 -0700
          Re: Variable naming issue supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-04-25 07:12 -0700
          Re: Variable naming issue Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2017-04-25 09:48 -0500
            Re: Variable naming issue Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2017-04-25 09:52 -0500
        Re: Variable naming issue Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2017-04-26 08:46 +0200
          Re: Variable naming issue bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-04-26 11:46 +0100
          Re: Variable naming issue bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-04-26 12:00 +0100
        Re: Variable naming issue gordonb.o1c18@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2017-05-07 22:25 -0500
          Re: Variable naming issue bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-05-08 10:35 +0100
            Re: Variable naming issue bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-05-08 10:53 +0100
              Re: Variable naming issue David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2017-05-08 11:47 -0700
                Re: Variable naming issue bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-05-08 19:59 +0100
      Re: Variable naming issue gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2017-04-25 10:43 +0000
    Re: Variable naming issue Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2017-04-25 09:33 -0500
  Re: Variable naming issue Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-04-24 17:26 -0700
    Re: Variable naming issue maximus fl <ajones2600@gmail.com> - 2017-04-24 18:18 -0700
  Re: Variable naming issue scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2017-04-25 14:48 +0000

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