Re: [POSIX & Win32API] Getting the 'routing' informations

Golden California Girls <gldncagrls@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Keith Thompson wrote:
[...]
So what's *your* opinion? Should POSIX-specific issues be discussed
here; if so, what is the purpose of comp.unix.programmer? Should
Windows-specific issues be discussed here; if so, what is the purpose
of comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32? Should general algorithm
questions be discussed here; if so, what is the purpose of
comp.programming?

Answered else thread. C. Note not ISO C.

C is defined by the ISO standard. Stick to the standard and exercise
a bit of care, and you can write code that will work properly under
any conforming implementation on any platform. That's an extremely
valuable thing, and it's well worth having a place to discuss it.

Also not jumping on the
neck of people who may not be aware of the many flavors of C. A
little O/S stuff is always going to leak in. If they post an O/S
call in their example throwing a temper tantrum over it isn't adult.
If the post is just about O/S stuff the answer ought to be something
along the lines of "the calling arguments are the correct types, if
they make sense is something you should ask in a forum for your O/S"

I actually agree with that. It's to be expected that people will post
off-topic questions here that would receive better answers elsewhere.
There's no need to be rude while suggesting that posters should try a
different newsgroup.

But, for the most part, people here *aren't* rude about it. "Your
question is off-topic here; try asking in comp.unix.programmer" is not
rude; it's often the best help that can be given. And it's usually
not the original poster who is, or pretends to be, offended by a
redirection.

There has been so much napalm hurled around here people need to be
given examples of how to be civil.

I think a Welcome to c.l.c post may be the thing that is really needed.

Here you go: <http://clc-wiki.net/wiki/Introduction_to_comp.lang.c>.
(Perhaps that URL isn't posted often enough.)

Note that clc-wiki.net has no official standing with respect to this
newsgroup; it's a volunteer effort put together by some of the regular
posters. But then, so is comp.lang.c itself.

[...]

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