Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Bart Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: question about linker Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2024 16:17:11 +0000 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 15 Message-ID: References: <877c8nt255.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <20241129142810.00007920@yahoo.com> <20241129161517.000010b8@yahoo.com> <87ldwx10gv.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <86ser1kgp5.fsf@linuxsc.com> <87ldwtzlc0.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <87h67hzhm9.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <86y10rillv.fsf@linuxsc.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 17:17:09 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="92f4e16e4a21192eb5e2d0ba1a6ec304"; logging-data="3351038"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX199K0Vyc54f6wrptKjKaJ8+" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:0WlfkjQInjAUWDLasQjdCa97220= Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: <86y10rillv.fsf@linuxsc.com> Bytes: 2133 On 07/12/2024 15:00, Tim Rentsch wrote: > Bart writes: > >> But I also have to spend time battling endless personal attacks >> because I'm perceived as an upstart (even though I'm now receiving >> my state pension!). > > Dictionaries describe upstarts as people who are full of themselves > and dismissive of others. So if you are perceived as an upstart, > it's because you are one. Implying that somebody is a liar isn't being dismissive? Okay....