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From: Bart <bc@freeuk.com>
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Subject: Re: how cast works?
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2024 22:01:37 +0100
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On 09/08/2024 21:49, Keith Thompson wrote:
> Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
> [...]
>> I didn't choose to muddy the waters.
> 
> Yes you did.
> 
>>                                       Dragging C standard legalese
>> really doesn't help here.
> 
> Yes it does.
> 
> You seem to believe, or you're pretending to believe, that using
> terminology incorrectly is better than using it correctly, even when
> using to correctly is just as easy.
> 

See my reply to JK.

I don't think it's me who's trying to confuse by banning terms what 
everyone understands perfectly well.