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From: Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: do { quit; } else { }
Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2025 07:32:16 -0700
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Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> writes:

> On Sun, 06 Apr 2025 05:47:47 -0700
> Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> wrote:
>
>> Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Em 4/4/2025 5:48 PM, Tim Rentsch escreveu:
>>>
>>>> Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>>    What do you think of this control block?
>>>>>
>>>>>    do
>>>>>    {
>>>>>       FILE f = fopen("file.txt", "r");
>>>>>
>>>>>       if (f == NULL) quit; /*goes to else part*/
>>>>>
>>>>>       /*success here*/
>>>>>       for (int i =0; i < 10; i++){
>>>>>           ...
>>>>>           if (error) quit;
>>>>>       }
>>>>>
>>>>>    }
>>>>>    else
>>>>>    {
>>>>>       /*some error*/
>>>>>    }
>>>>
>>>> I think it doesn't belong in comp.lang.c.
>>>>
>>>> I also think you have been participating in comp.lang.c
>>>> long enough to know better.  Kindly take your language
>>>> fantasies somewhere else.
>>>
>>> I think the only reason you're saying that is because it's not
>>> implemented in GCC, Clang, or maybe even MSVC.
>>
>> You are wrong.  I responded because there is nothing in
>> your posting that is suitable for comp.lang.c.
>>
>>> I've never seen you complain about any GCC extensions here.
>>
>> I don't remember seeing any posting in comp.lang.c that
>> discusses a gcc extension and nothing else.  There are
>> plenty of postings that mention gcc extensions in passing,
>> along with other material that talks about C, but never
>> one that discusses gcc extensions exclusively.
>>
>> Furthermore, even if there had been a posting that concerns
>> only a gcc extension and nothing else, and is one I didn't
>> respond to, that doesn't excuse your action.  It isn't like
>> this is the first time you have posted something here that
>> is not about C but only about your fantasy language, and
>> also not the first time the unsuitability of such postings
>> has been pointed out.  You're a repeat offender.  So stop
>> pretending you are being picked on for no reason.
>
> Could you recommend a more appropriate place for Thiago and others
> where they can discuss C-like fantasy languages?

The newsgroup comp.lang.misc seems like a natural candidate.
I don't know if comp.lang.misc has an official charter, but at
least to me new features of any widely used programming language
would appear to fall under the umbrella of comp.lang.misc.