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Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer

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On 05/01/2023 14:31, Steve Summit wrote:
> There may be one or two regulars left here who remember that,
> once upon a time, I was a regular here, too, and had taken it
> upon myself to maintain this newsgroup's FAQ list, now at
> http://c-faq.com/.
> 
> But the last time I seriously updated the list was at the end of
> 2005, and for no particularly good reason, it has remained mostly
> static since then.  But! For no particular reason (other than
> that it's as good an idea as it's ever been), I am gearing up to
> give the poor old thing some much-needed TLC.  I have recovered
> the master sources (which were lost some years ago when Apple
> reformatted my laptop without asking me) from deep backups,
> I have confirmed that the thing still builds and matches what's
> currently posted, I have gotten an account at eternal-september.org
> so that I can actually post here again, and I am ready to announce
> the effort.  So if you've thought the list was looking a little
> long in the tooth, or if you've had any specific ideas for
> improvement, now's your chance.  Or, if you just want to offer
> some words of encouragement, those will be helpful, too!
> 

This all sounds great.  I think you probably left the group before I 
became a regular (though I have been here a long time), but your name 
and reputation are well-known.  It's nice to have you back.

As well as having some summaries about new features in the different C 
standards, it would also be useful to have comments about the changes in 
the FAQ itself.  Changes in C standards are usually additions, as 
backwards compatibility is so important, but occasionally existing 
features change or are deprecated.  It would be useful to have that 
noted in the relevant sections.

I assume you are fully aware of it, but the reference site 
<https://en.cppreference.com/w/> is a kind of semi-official reference 
site for C and C++.  Certainly the ISO C++ Working Group links to it as 
an online reference.  It might be worth including links to that site in 
your FAQ at relevant points, saving some effort in repetition.

Other than that, I guess I'll have to look through the FAQ again before 
giving other comments.  It's a long time since I read it!

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greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer scs@eskimo.com (Steve Summit) - 2023-01-05 13:31 +0000
  Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2023-01-05 07:10 -0800
  Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2023-01-05 17:17 +0000
    Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer scs@eskimo.com (Steve Summit) - 2023-01-06 16:41 +0000
      Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2023-01-06 09:29 -0800
        Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-01-06 20:01 +0100
        Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2023-01-15 23:32 +0300
        Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer Rob <invalid@invalid.net> - 2023-01-15 22:00 +0000
          Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2023-01-15 15:03 -0800
            Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2023-01-16 09:32 +0000
              Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2023-01-16 12:25 +0000
                Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer Jan van den Broek <balglaas@dds.nl> - 2023-01-16 13:51 +0000
                Whoooooosh!  (Was: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2023-01-16 14:09 +0000
      Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2023-01-06 17:32 +0000
  Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-01-05 19:55 +0100
  Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer scs@eskimo.com (Steve Summit) - 2023-01-05 20:28 +0000
  Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2023-01-05 14:07 -0800
  Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer om@iki.fi (Otto J. Makela) - 2023-01-06 16:34 +0200
  Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2023-01-08 05:21 -0800
    Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2023-01-08 12:58 -0800
  Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer Anand Hariharan <mailto.anand.hariharan@gmail.com> - 2023-01-09 04:51 -0800
    Re: greetings from a long-lost FAQ list maintainer Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2023-01-09 06:03 -0800

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