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Re: Compiler tests

From David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: Compiler tests
Date 2019-01-25 15:42 +0100
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On 25/01/2019 15:01, Pascal J. Bourguignon wrote:
> David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> writes:
> 
>> On 25/01/2019 13:58, Pascal J. Bourguignon wrote:
>>> David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> writes:
>>>
>>>> On 25/01/2019 12:02, Pascal J. Bourguignon wrote:
>>>>> David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 25/01/2019 10:08, Pascal J. Bourguignon wrote:
>>>>>>> David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> writes:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 24/01/2019 23:46, Bart wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 24/01/2019 21:24, David Brown wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 24/01/2019 18:32, Bart wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> What makes you think my project isn't modular?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Your obsession with single giant files, along with your dismissal of
>>>>>>>>>> sensible development tools and editors.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> You don't seem to understand how a module system works in this kind of
>>>>>>>>> language.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> When you write 'python prog.py' then it will automatically seek out and
>>>>>>>>> load any dependencies of prog.py, you don't need to list them all in an
>>>>>>>>> auxiliary file.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Python is an interpreted language, C is not.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What do you mean?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There are python compilers, there are C interpreters.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I mean Python is an interpreted language, and C is a compiled language,
>>>>>> in the way people usually mean when they classify languages as
>>>>>> interpreted or compiled.
>>>>>
>>>>> Yep, but my point is that people usually are dumb.
>>>>
>>>> What a strange "point" to make, and what a strange way to try to make it.
>>>>
>>>>>  That this
>>>>> classification is meaningless.
>>>>
>>>> No, the classification is often very helpful.  It is true that a
>>>> particular implementation of a language may work in a different way from
>>>> more common implementations - but it is useful to classify languages
>>>> based on certain characteristics, including the way they are usually
>>>> implemented.
>>>
>>> You really don't understand.
>>>
>>
>> Yes, I understand about the difference between a language and an
>> implementation of the language.  But I am not particularly interested in
>> arguing with someone who is being unhelpfully pedantic.  The thing I
>> don't understand is why you feel your original "What do you mean?"
>> comment was a useful contribution to the discussion.  Was it just so
>> that you could show off that /you/ know the difference between a
>> language and its implementations?
> 
> Clearly, you didn't know it, before I explained it. Otherwise you would
> have answered to my first question, and that would be about it.
> 

Yeah, sure, whatever you say.

As I said, the challenge was to figure out what your question meant and
why you were asking it, not how programming languages work.

And that should, hopefully, be the end of this branch.  (Reply if you
want, of course.)

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Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-20 00:03 +0000
  Re: Compiler tests Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2019-01-20 16:52 +1300
    Re: Compiler tests "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> - 2019-01-20 10:27 +0100
      Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-01-20 12:37 +0100
        Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-20 13:08 +0000
          Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-20 15:02 +0000
            Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-01-20 17:31 +0100
              Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-20 17:08 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-01-20 21:40 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-20 22:41 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-01-21 00:39 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-21 00:36 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2019-01-21 16:33 +1300
                Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-21 11:58 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2019-01-21 04:15 -0800
                Re: Compiler tests Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2019-01-22 07:53 +1300
                Re: Compiler tests BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2019-01-23 01:15 -0600
                Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-23 12:00 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2019-01-24 08:13 +1300
                Re: Compiler tests BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2019-01-23 13:30 -0600
                Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-01-21 08:22 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-21 12:23 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-01-21 14:42 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-21 14:17 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2019-01-21 12:46 -0800
                You guys really, really need to get a room (Was: Compiler tests) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2019-01-24 14:05 +0000
          Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-01-20 17:27 +0100
            Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-20 17:19 +0000
              Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-01-21 09:44 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-21 12:49 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-01-21 15:31 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2019-01-21 14:38 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> - 2019-01-21 15:15 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2019-01-21 16:05 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-01-21 16:39 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2019-01-21 12:51 -0800
                Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-22 00:16 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2019-01-22 08:43 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-22 12:31 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2019-01-22 17:49 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2019-01-23 11:04 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-23 11:18 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-01-21 15:35 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-21 15:49 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> - 2019-01-21 17:42 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2019-01-23 03:18 -0600
                Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-01-23 11:11 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2019-01-23 12:18 -0600
                Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-23 13:56 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-01-22 10:55 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-22 12:07 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-01-22 04:29 -0800
                Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-22 12:52 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests mark.bluemel@gmail.com - 2019-01-22 05:04 -0800
                Re: Compiler tests fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-01-22 05:18 -0800
                Re: Compiler tests fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-01-22 05:45 -0800
                Re: Compiler tests fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-01-22 05:35 -0800
                Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-01-22 15:10 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-22 17:30 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-01-22 23:02 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-22 23:14 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2019-01-22 15:45 -0800
                Re: Compiler tests Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2019-01-22 17:57 -0600
                Re: Compiler tests Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2019-01-22 16:36 -0800
                Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-23 01:37 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2019-01-22 18:53 -0800
                Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-01-23 09:42 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-01-23 09:22 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2019-01-23 08:52 -0500
                Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-01-23 15:13 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-23 14:33 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2019-01-23 07:30 -0800
                Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-23 16:05 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-01-23 17:17 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-23 16:29 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-01-23 22:04 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-23 21:50 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-01-24 10:45 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-24 11:55 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-01-24 13:58 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests mark.bluemel@gmail.com - 2019-01-24 05:07 -0800
                Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-24 14:10 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-24 14:18 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-01-24 15:51 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-01-24 15:44 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-24 17:32 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2019-01-24 19:07 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-24 20:14 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-01-24 22:24 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-24 22:46 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2019-01-25 12:34 +1300
                Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-25 01:01 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2019-01-25 14:15 +1300
                Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-01-25 10:05 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-25 14:51 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests Mateusz Viste <mateusz@wont.tell> - 2019-01-25 09:48 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> - 2019-01-25 10:56 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests Mateusz Viste <mateusz@wont.tell> - 2019-01-25 12:08 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-01-25 13:28 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests Mateusz Viste <mateusz@wont.tell> - 2019-01-25 13:33 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-01-25 15:38 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests Mateusz Viste <mateusz@wont.tell> - 2019-01-25 15:08 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-25 13:53 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-25 12:25 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-01-25 10:03 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> - 2019-01-25 10:08 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-01-25 11:14 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> - 2019-01-25 12:02 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-01-25 13:37 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> - 2019-01-25 13:58 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-01-25 14:26 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> - 2019-01-25 15:01 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-01-25 15:42 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2019-01-25 10:25 -0800
                Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-25 14:37 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> - 2019-01-25 16:33 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2019-01-25 07:44 -0800
                Re: Compiler tests "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> - 2019-01-25 17:53 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2019-01-25 10:33 -0800
                Re: Compiler tests "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> - 2019-01-25 20:43 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2019-01-25 12:17 -0800
                Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-25 18:31 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> - 2019-01-25 20:41 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-25 21:19 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2019-01-26 10:24 +1300
                Re: Compiler tests "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> - 2019-01-25 22:27 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-25 22:39 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2019-01-25 18:46 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-25 12:43 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-01-25 14:37 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-25 14:19 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-01-25 15:47 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2019-01-25 07:17 -0800
                Re: Compiler tests Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2019-02-03 07:28 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-02-03 12:35 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2019-02-03 21:47 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-02-03 22:57 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2019-01-24 06:47 -0800
                Re: Compiler tests Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2019-01-23 20:22 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-01-23 22:12 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2019-01-23 21:54 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-01-24 11:41 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2019-01-24 23:17 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-01-25 11:11 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2019-01-25 12:04 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-01-25 14:05 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2019-01-25 18:40 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-01-25 22:36 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-25 22:15 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2019-01-25 14:48 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2019-01-25 14:46 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2019-01-25 17:48 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2019-01-23 08:23 -0800
                Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-01-23 16:41 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-23 16:18 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-01-23 17:28 +0100
                Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-23 20:23 +0000
                Re: Compiler tests Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2019-01-22 17:52 -0600
          Re: Compiler tests Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-20 20:17 +0000
    Re: Compiler tests BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2019-01-21 00:13 -0600

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