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Re: Should you free your pointers?

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Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> writes:
> In article <lnwrg89ff1.fsf@nuthaus.mib.org>,
>  Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> wrote:
>> James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> writes:
>> > On 06/25/2011 06:44 PM, Keith Thompson wrote:
>> >> Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> writes:
>> >>> In article <iu3d2t$qlh$1@dont-email.me>,
>> >>>  Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> wrote:
>> > ...
>> >>>>      This is Question 7.24 on the comp.lang.c Frequently Asked
>> >>>> Questions (FAQ) page at <http://www.c-faq.com/>.
>> >>>
>> >>> FAQ was once frequently answered questions.
>> >> 
>> >> Um, it still is.
>> >
>> > I presume that he's commenting on the difference between "Asked" and
>> > "Answered".
>> 
>> I must admit I didn't notice that he changed the word from "asked" to
>> "answered".
>> 
>> Now that I've noticed, I'm not sure I've ever seen FAQ expanded
>> to "Frequently Answered Questions" rather than "Frequently Asked
>> Questions", and I still have no idea what Michael is getting at.
>> Is he suggesting that Eric should have done something other than
>> cite the FAQ?
>> 
>> Sorry if I'm being dense.
>
> Originally FAQ stood for frequently answered questions.
> Most people do not seem to know that, even more than 
> I thought going in. During the transition, some people
> attempted to stem the tide.

Ok, I understand that you're saying that "FAQ" originally stood for
"Frequently Answered Questions".  It's not clear whether that's
accurate or not.  But whether you're right about that or not,
exactly what point were you trying to make?  Does it really matter
whether the 'A' stands for "Asked" or "Answered"?

Eric replied to a question by citing <http://www.c-faq.com/>.
The context implied to me that you were criticizing what Eric did.
Was that your intent?  If so, what should he have done?  Or was
your point entirely about what the 'A' stands for?

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Nokia
"We must do something.  This is something.  Therefore, we must do this."
    -- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"

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