Re: Named parameters
From: Adam Ruth (owski_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/31/03
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Date: 31 Oct 2003 07:42:59 -0800
pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:<3FA24C16.1B96@mindspring.com>...
> Adam Ruth wrote:
>
> > What is it about the name comp.lang.c that excludes my question? The
> > fact that there's another newsgroup that *may* be more germaine? Must
> > I fully grok in minute detail the "topic" of every newsgroup available
> > before I make a decision where to post?
> >
> > What makes you think my question was about standards anyway? I ask a
> > question "Has there ever been talk of adding named parameters to C?"
> > and suddenly I'm shunted off to a standards newsgroup? My question is
> > plainly about C in it's most generic sense, even though an answer may
> > include reference to the standard. I think it's bogus to say that
> > this group is about what C *is*, because there are many Cs: Past,
> > present, and future. Not to mention the many non-standard versions
> > and extensions. Where better to discuss all of these incarnations in
> > one place?
> >
> > The response I got, "It is not really on-topic here, where the topic
> > is the C language as it actually is." while not being rude wasn't very
> > polite either. If my question really was off-topic, a
> > characterization I dispute, then a polite response might be, "You
> > would probably get a better answer in comp.std.c, we don't really
> > discuss those issues much here.".
> >
> > Just my $2/100. Is it too off topic to discuss the topic of the
> > newsgroup? I hope not.
>
> It's not too off topic to discuss the topic of the newsgroup.
> Topicality is on on topic everywhere always.
> This newsgroup is USENET first and about C second.
>
> You would probably get a better answer in comp.std.c,
> we don't really discuss those issues much here.
>
> The past and present versions are on topic here.
> The many non-standard versions and extensions are not.
>
> The people who will actually be making the changes
> to the future version, are on comp.std.c.
> They like to discuss ideas regarding future changes to the language.
Thank you. Had I actually known there was a comp.std.c newsgroup I
would have posted the question there (we can't all be intimately aware
of the usenet structure). I would still have posted the question
here, because my question really is bigger than the standard.
The problem is, that to know the limits of the comp.lang.c newsgroup,
it needs to be taken in context with all of the other newsgroups (it's
not so much an issue of where does comp.lang.c end, but where does
comp.std.c begin). And as I said before, there's nothing in the
comp.lang.c name or in the FAQ that would lead someone to think that
the question was off-topic.
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