Re: The problems in comp.lang.c

On 24/3/2008 14:43, Richard Heathfield wrote:
Jeff P. Bailey said:


On 24/3/2008 12:31, Richard Heathfield wrote:

Jeff P. Bailey said:


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This is the sort of thing I was talking about - a pointlessly negative
post.


It is, I agree, mostly negative in tone. I do not agree that it is
pointlessly so.

It is a sequence of slurs against jacob, with no obvious basis in
objective fact.


If you'd been here a bit longer, you'd know the basis in objective fact. If you're prepared to put the work in, you will find many examples of Mr Navia's articles that demonstrate this.

I haven't found any to date. I have to say that jacob navia has written a popular and well-respected C compiler. To me, this is pretty strong evidence that he's knowledgeable about C, and if you want to argue that he's incompetent at C then the onus should be on you to provide evidence for that. In the absence of such evidence, I can only conclude that you have a personal bias against him.

I am content with my record of providing useful information and advice about C to readers of this group. Are you content with yours? Instead of complaining about this group, why not work to make it better, by posting useful information and advice about C? My attitude may seem negative to you, but your attitude seems destructive to me. If you think there isn't enough useful information posted here about C, post some!

Of course you are right that my contributions to this group are currently non-existent. I have to say that I'd be more inclined to change that if the atmosphere round here was a bit more positive.

This group seems to have its share of trolls (who've been a bit overactive in this thread, it seems), but it's a shame if even the "serious" people here are poisoning the atmosphere with personal attacks and vendettas.
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