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From: Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: Which code style do you prefer the most?
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2025 09:29:37 +0000
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On 28/02/2025 12:19, Michael S wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Feb 2025 10:24:19 +0000
> Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> wrote:
> 
>> On 28/02/2025 09:22, David Brown wrote:
>>>
>>> As long as it's not "Long time no C" :-)
>>
>> I'm afraid it is. Nowadays I spend most of my time arguing with
>> \LaTeX, although when I do cut code it is in C (and that's proper
>> C, of course, not this newfangled gibberish).
>>
> 
> one man's newfangled gibberish is another man's proper C

Agreed. On the other hand, it is easy to overlook the virtue of 
stability, and change does not necessarily imply progress.

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