Re: strlen(), K+1: clarification

On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:20:07 -0600, Richard Heathfield wrote
(in article <WLCdnST6Sf3h-FnanZ2dnUVZ8qugnZ2d@xxxxxx>):

Alan Morgan said:
[to Nilges]
and you won't admit that using strlen(s) in a for
loop condition is a bad idea.

Unlike the rest of us, Mr Nilges seems to think that reacting to one's own
error by saying "oops, I was wrong" is a Bad Thing. Either that, or he
still doesn't realise he was wrong, even though the whole matter has been
explained to him in words of very few syllables, very many times.

Hold on. He will admit it is wrong, when he wants it to "go away"
temporarily while he starts up some other threads. Then later on,
he'll suddenly start defending it again.

I have commented on this aspect of his trolling, where he switches
positions during the course of a thread to keep the fish on the hook,
several times over the years.

He'll say something like "my ill-advised use of strlen()" and people
will think he gets it finally, then a week later he'll start defending
it again.

It's called trolling. I think the main issue is that the S/N ratio is
so poor that people don't pick up on it.


--
Randy Howard (2reply remove FOOBAR)
"The power of accurate observation is called cynicism by those
who have not got it." - George Bernard Shaw





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