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From: Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: do { quit; } else { }
Date: Fri, 9 May 2025 17:26:02 +0100
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On 09/05/2025 16:54, Janis Papanagnou wrote:

<snip>

> 
> Since some folks feel comfortable in their "C" bubble I understand
> that these people might feel annoyed by such posts.

Each newsgroup has a topic. I subscribe to no fewer than ten 
newsgroups, because I am interested in those ten topics. If you 
are interested in C++, you can subscribe to comp.lang.c++ and 
chat about it all day long and nobody will bat an eyelid. I have 
no doubt that many comp.lang.c subscribers are also subscribed to 
comp.lang.c++. Why not join their number, and keep the salt in 
the salt pot and the pepper in the pepper pot?


> But showing deficiencies (in "C") and providing counter-examples or
> alternatives from other languages [as done here] should be welcome.

Why?

Four important ways that C scores over other languages are:

* Speed
* Simplicity
* Size
* Portability

The more you add, the more likely you are to slow it down, the 
more complex you make it, the bigger it gets, and the harder it 
is to port.

If you want C++, you know where to find it.

> But of course no one forces these annoyed people to read all posts;
> suggestions had already been given to just skip those inconvenient
> threads or subhreads.

I've got a better idea. Let's hold those C++ discussions in a 
group where C++ is topical.

-- 
Richard Heathfield
Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk
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