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From: Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: encapsulating directory operations
Date: Tue, 20 May 2025 18:09:24 +0100
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On 20/05/2025 17:58, Scott Lurndal wrote:
> David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> writes:
>> On 20/05/2025 15:47, Paul Edwards wrote:
> 
>>> Well, in the 1990s I had some work colleagues who were
>>> incensed that I had converted some K&R C code to C90,
>>> and called it "nancy C". I pointed out that Ritchie himself
>>> had endorsed the standard, and they still didn't budge,
>>> saying that he had become deranged or something like that.
>>>
>>
>> They were justified in thinking that "Richie himself endorsed the
>> standard" is a totally irrelevant argument.  They would be wrong if they
>> said he had "become deranged".
> 
> David, it's not particularly productive to continue to feed the trolls.

I'm not entirely sure (yet, at least) that 'troll' is a fair 
assessment of Mr Edwards. Time will tell.

> Mr. Edwards also believes that MS-DOS is the be-all and end-all of operating
> systems.

Citation needed. He has mentioned it in passing... I just trawled 
through all his articles in this thread, and I just found that 
one fleeting reference.

Perhaps I missed it. Would you be so kind as to point out why you 
believe that "Mr. Edwards also believes that MS-DOS is the be-all 
and end-all of operating systems"?

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