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From: David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no>
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Subject: Re: So You Think You Can Const?
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 17:30:58 +0100
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On 13/01/2025 14:23, Julio Di Egidio wrote:
> On 13/01/2025 09:58, David Brown wrote:
>> On 13/01/2025 04:10, James Kuyper wrote:
>>> On 1/9/25 21:51, Julio Di Egidio wrote:
> 
>> You can of course also argue that it is best to have the code ordered 
>> according to the normal flow of operations - error handling in the 
>> middle of the normal code flow can make it hard to follow the 
>> algorithm of a function.  (C++ exceptions are an extreme version of 
>> this.)  Some people might prefer a compromise:
> 
> Some people are just wrong and not even honest at that.
> 
>    **Please don't mind and don't feed the trolls**:
> 

There are a few trollish characters in this newsgroup, but I don't 
believe I have seen any in this thread.  There are several people who 
have made suggestions that don't match your opinions - that does not 
make them "trolls", and it most certainly does not make them dishonest. 
Such wild accusations will make you unpopular here, and greatly reduce 
the chances of you getting helpful answers to your questions.

People in this thread have been discussing various aspects of C 
programming - that's what the newsgroup is all about.  It's great that 
you made a post that started such a topical thread that has engaged the 
interest of many people here.  Please don't spoil that with absolute 
nonsense and random insults.

> I had the misfortune of calling out the utter and ugly bullshit from 
> these characters in the past in other groups: this gang of nazi-retarded 
> and mostly academic spammers and polluters of all ponds just hates my 
> guts since then.
> 

Perhaps you have mixed up threads in different newsgroups?  That is not 
a characterisation that matches anyone who posts regularly here.  Yes, 
there are a few people that seem to live in ivory towers, and a few who 
occasionally appear to gain pleasure from annoying everyone else, and 
some who post things that are barely comprehensible.  But those are a 
minority of posts, they have not been significant in this thread, and 
even at their worst they do not warrant the kind of abusive 
characterisation you are giving them here.

> BTW, on that C++ vs C issue (you know who you are), I respect that but 
> I'd say it's wrong: C and C++ share nothing but some syntax, and one is 
> high-level, not the other...

While there is one person who posts primarily about C++ in this C group, 
and that can be annoying, it is not unreasonable to make occasional 
references or comparisons to C++ precisely because they are strongly 
related languages that share a great deal of overlap.  Many C 
programmers are familiar with C++ - most C++ programmers are familiar 
with C.  There are a lot of us that use both languages.  They /are/ 
different languages, with different strengths and weaknesses, but to 
suggest they share nothing but some syntax shows that you have little 
understanding of at least one of the languages.

> 
> Thanks again and please use a kill-file: I do.
> 

I suspect that with your post here, you risk ending up on more than a 
few kill files.

Please refrain from abusing others, and get back to discussing C.