Re: Read output from system( ).

From: Richard Heathfield (dontmail_at_address.co.uk.invalid)
Date: 10/06/03 

Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 05:32:05 +0000 (UTC)

Kevin Easton wrote:

> Floyd Davidson <floyd@barrow.com> wrote:
>> Richard Heathfield <dontmail@address.co.uk.invalid> wrote:
>>>Floyd Davidson wrote:
>>>
>>><snip>
>>>
>>>> C.l.c is for C lawyering, not C programming.
>>>
>>>If that has become true, it's a sad day for Usenet. I prefer to think of
>>>clc as being for programming in C, rather than programming for a
>>>platform. C lawyering really belongs in csc, IMHO.
>>
>> C.s.c is for C legislating. ;-)
>>
>> Then the lawyers get it, and that's here.
>>
>> Incidentally, I don't see that separation as a sad day. There
>> really is a distinct separation in the three areas. (I don't
>> get a negative connotation from "lawyering" either, and that may
>> be the only difference in what we mean.)
>
> I think Richard might have been referring to the "and not C programming"
> bit.

Indeed he was (and I should know).

> The key is realising that comp.lang.c is for C programming - but
> not for programming-to-APIs-that-happen-to-have-a-C-binding.

Precisely. We have no more questions for this witness, m'lud.

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