Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Janis Papanagnou Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: else ladders practice Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2024 03:46:18 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: <3deb64c5b0ee344acd9fbaea1002baf7302c1e8f@i2pn2.org> <86y117qhc8.fsf@linuxsc.com> <86cyiiqit8.fsf@linuxsc.com> <86mshkos1a.fsf@linuxsc.com> <86ed2tpqkc.fsf@linuxsc.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2024 03:46:22 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="84532086d55a2b98e30f7cc8cdd96a15"; logging-data="1444120"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+t3DJwk4pwXxPeS3xMw8RJ" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.8.0 Cancel-Lock: sha1:pcWl1hRPpXqHY+ZTFnkzfMaMP7c= In-Reply-To: <86ed2tpqkc.fsf@linuxsc.com> X-Enigmail-Draft-Status: N1110 Bytes: 2420 On 30.11.2024 00:29, Tim Rentsch wrote: > Bart writes: >> On 28/11/2024 17:28, Janis Papanagnou wrote: >>> >>> But we're speaking about compilation times. [...] >> >> You can make a similar argument about turning on the light switch >> when entering a room. Flicking light switches is not something you >> need to do every few seconds, but if the light took 5 seconds to >> come on (or even one second), it would be incredibly annoying. > > This analogy sounds like something a defense attorney would say who > has a client that everyone knows is guilty. Intentionally or not; it's funny to respond to an analogy with an analogy. :-} Janis