Re: Named parameters

From: Joona I Palaste (palaste_at_cc.helsinki.fi)
Date: 10/30/03 

Date: 30 Oct 2003 18:34:21 GMT

Adam Ruth <owski@hotmail.com> scribbled the following:
> Jack Klein <jackklein@spamcop.net> wrote in message news:<6r61qvcm58g0nji009veg0av982c9shmpc@4ax.com>...
>> On 29 Oct 2003 19:35:21 -0800, owski@hotmail.com (Adam Ruth) wrote in
>> comp.lang.c:
>>
>> > Hello,
>> > [snip...]
>> > Adam Ruth
>>
>> It has been discussed occasionally, on the newsgroup where it is
>> topical, namely news:comp.std.c, which discusses the past, present,
>> and future ANSI/ISO/IEC standard for the language. It is not really
>> on-topic here, where the topic is the C language as it actually is.

> I see the "this is off-topic" comment enough in this group to wonder
> why that hasn't been put in the FAQ. Perhaps the name of the
> newsgroup should change to be a bit more explicit about its topic.

What, comp.lang.c isn't enough to tell you that this newsgroup is
about the computer language C?
Contrary to what people might think, comp.std.c is for the computer
standard about C, not the C defined in that standard.

It's really rather easy to figure out, once you grasp the idea that
Usenet newsgroup names are parsed in a strict left-to-right fashion.

comp: something about computers
comp.lang: something about computer languages
comp.lang.c: the computer language C

comp: something about computers
comp.std: something about computer standards
comp.std.c: the computer standard about C

***THE WRONG WAY!***
comp: something about computers
comp..c: something about the computer language C
comp.std.c: the C defined in the computer standard

See how the middle row skips over one part of the name and the bottom
row goes back to it? That's not how left-to-right parsing works. 

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