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On 4/29/2024 12:10 PM, Malcolm McLean wrote:
> Some of you will have noticec a rather erratic posting pattern from me 
> recently, with some unexplained absences whereas previously I would post 
> almost evey single day.
> 
> The reason is that in my life outside C programming I have been 
> diagnosed with terminal cancer, and the illness is now in a phase where 
> hospital stays and such absences are inevitable. However I expect to 
> post for a few more months, and then, of course, probably the last post 
> will be made without me being aware that this is to be the last.
> 
> And I've just had to say that I can no longer write software for money. 
> Whether I can write software without the pressures of it being a formal 
> job or not, I don't know. And whilst C has aways been a very important 
> of my adult life, for obvius reasons my religious interests are now 
> taking priority.


I don't post here much, but you helped me out a few times in the past.

Sorry to hear about your diagnosis.

What kind of cancer?