Re: A lurker's take on C.L.C pedantry

Chris H <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

In message <gt2c41$f56$2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Richard
<rgrdev_@xxxxxxxxx> writes
Chris H <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

In message <gt2ama$5sd$2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Richard
<rgrdev_@xxxxxxxxx> writes
Richard Heathfield <rjh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Chris H said:

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This NG is for discussing ISO 9899

No, that's comp.std.c. This group is for discussing the usage of the
language defined by ISO 9899.

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No it's not. It's for discussing the C language. Hence
"comp.lang.c". And no amount of you or your new nemesis "Chuck" whining
will change that.

Get them to show you the Charter for this News Group :-)

I have seen the original "starter post" and it was for discussion of all
things C.

I thought so... I have been around the Internet and USENET about 20
years and I seem to recall in years gone by there were a lot fewer
pedants around here.

I am happy to help people use emacs with C for example. Others
will help with Eclipse etc. I could help people develop good gdb
debugging strategies to reduce development time.

I would probably send people to more suitable groups where they exist
for in-depth discussion but I get pissed off with some of the pedants
on

There are no such groups often where its in the context of C. As a C
programmer I want to hear different approaches and strategies and make a
decision. They might make me rethink the tools I use. And here is a good
place to hear about different tools. You can be sure the gdb boys in the
DEAD groups won't be singing the praises of eclipse. Or try asking the
emacs boys about why its so crap at things like autocompletion,
refactoring, context help etc when compared to eclipse or a host of
other editors. Not a chance of discussion.

here refusing to only talk about "standard-C" and get very stupid about
anything that does not fit their somewhat strange interpretation of what
standard C is.

They are small town hicks who want to be big fish in a little pond. It's
that simple. Falconer in particular is a poisonous, nasty little man
with a tendency to bully people. He's also, IMO, a pretty poor
programmer in that he likes to dress everything up in obscure rhetoric
and petty format obscurities to somehow enhance his image as a C
guru. It's just amazing it took Heathfield so long to realise that.


Chuck and his mob can
kiss my fat arse as far as I'm concerned. I never saw such a bunch of
stuck up dickwads in years of accessing the wire for help and
information as in this group.

Well there are some other groups I could point you to but this one is
pretty bad.

Honestly, the make me mad....

I have stopped posting here for some time as it's not worth it.

It is. You're a good honest poster with interesting things to say. Not a
useless kissarse like, say, Vippstar or Bwian who are always prowling
around like jackals waiting for a bit of Heathfield's kills.

It should be abundantly clear to anyone that reads here dispassionately
that Han From China knows more about real life C programming than 90% of
the regs and his posts are generally accurate and on topic AND
interesting. Indeed. Quite. Alas, the same can not be said for many
others here.

--
"Avoid hyperbole at all costs, its the most destructive argument on
the planet" - Mark McIntyre in comp.lang.c
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